The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist's Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases“Stories of human behavior at its most extreme….With humor, compassion, empathy, and insight, Small searches for and finds the humanity that lies hidden under even the most bizarre symptoms.” A psychiatrist’s stories of his most bizarre cases, The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head by Gary Small, M.D., and Gigi Vorgan—co-authors of The Memory Bible—offers a fascinating and highly entertaining look into the peculiarities of the human mind. In the vein of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings, and the other bestselling works of Oliver Sacks, The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head surprises, enthralls, and illuminates as it focuses on medical mysteries that would stump and amaze the brilliant brains on House, M.D. |
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... wasn't busy telling people about his great accomplishments , he saw patients in his private practice . He volunteered one morning a week to supervise psy- chiatry residents in order to keep his title as a Harvard clinical professor ...
... wasn't so much overtly flirting , but more her body language , the way she moved around on the sofa and how she looked at me , the linger- ing handshake at the end of the session . It felt intrusive . " • Lochton stared at me silently ...
... . She must have been sexually abused as a girl . That's why she feels unloved and keeps searching for it with these strange men . " I tried to tell him that I wasn't convinced there 14 The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head ·
... wasn't convinced there had been abuse , but it was like talking to a tornado . He kept whirling about the room saying that Sherry was repeating these demeaning sexual acts as an adult repeti- tion compulsion . And now her seductive ...
... wasn't sure what to do , so I opened it . Inside was a Rolex watch - a real one . I ran into the hall and looked toward the elevator , but she was already gone . A basic tenet of psychotherapy is to help people put feelings into words ...
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The Other Side of the Couch: A Psychiatrist Solves His Most Unusual Cases Gary Small,Gigi Vorgan No preview available - 2011 |