It offers a behind-the-scenes look into the therapist's office and explains how the process can heal even the most unimagineable wounds"-Provided by publisher.The book is good in that it weaves the stories and struggles of those the author considers ‘psychological heroes’ (people who overcame huge odds to get better through years of therapy), giving their present-day status, as well as an honest look at the process of and limitations of any therapeutic endeavor, the author retelling her own thoughts without sounding like a know-it-all. Gildiner's account of her journeys with them is moving and insightful and sometimes humorous. Each patient embodies the virtues of self-reflection, stoicism, perseverance, and forgiveness as they confront the real source of their problems and work unflinchingly to face the truth.
It will take courage to face those realities, and it requires creativity and resourcefulness from their therapist. They arrive, sometimes unwillingly, to try to overcome an immediate challenge in their lives, but discover that the source of their suffering is an entirely different matter. Each patient presents a mystery at first, one that will only be unpacked over years.
The five cases described include a successful but lonely musician suffering sexual dysfunction a young woman who, at the age of eight, had looked after her two siblings after her father, likely a murderer, abandoned them in a rural cottage a glamorous workaholic whose wealthy, hideously negligent mother had greeted her each morning with "Good Morning, Monster" an indigenous man who'd suffered greatly at a residential school and a young woman whose abuse at the hands of her father led to a severe personality disorder. In therapy, patients have to become vulnerable by stripping away their defenses, but so do therapists, who cannot hide behind a title, a desk, or even their specialized knowledge. With a novelist's storytelling gift, Gildiner recounts the details of her patients' struggles and their paths to recovery and weaves in her own tale of her growth as a psychologist. This book focuses on five brave men and women who overcame enormous trauma-in her view, heroes who should be celebrated.
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