Madness on the Couch: Blaming the Victim in the Heyday of Psychoanalysis

Abstract

Reviewsbe used as an excuse for wasting our patients' best efforts and the commitment they make in investing their feelings, time and money, by offering them superficial ity or silly exercises.To help them come to grips with their problems, the deeper reasons that brought them together in the first place and that are now driving them apart must be understood.Most "normal" couples come for help because of disputes arising from extra-marital affairs, arguments over child raising, sexual discord, divided family loyalties, etc, and the literature about them has usually taken a problem-oriented approach.This book approaches couples from a different perspective.Therapists seeking to refine their clinical skills and offer legitimate, meaningful understandings to their patients will find much that is useful. Toronto, ONT