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Surviving Madness: A Therapist's Own Story (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)
Betty Berzon
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Description for Surviving Madness: A Therapist's Own Story (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)
Hardcover. In this volume, Betty Berzon tells the story of her journey from psychiatric patient on suicide watch to her role as a therapist and gay pioneer. She discusses her mental breakdown and suicide attempts, her hospitalization and recovery, and her own coming out as a lesbian at the age of 40. Series: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies. Num Pages: 250 pages, 26 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSK; JMP; MMH; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Betty Berzon, renowned psychotherapist and author of the bestselling book Permanent Partners, tells her own incredible story here. Berzon's journey from psychiatric patient on suicide watch - her wrists tethered to the bed rails in a locked hospital ward - to her present role as a groundbreaking therapist and gay pioneer makes for purely compelling reading. Berzon is recognized today as a trailblazing co-founder of a number of important lesbian and gay organizations and as one of the first therapists to focus on means of developing healthy gay relationships and overcoming homophobia. Along her sometimes bumpy road to success she ... Read more
Betty Berzon, renowned psychotherapist and author of the bestselling book Permanent Partners, tells her own incredible story here. Berzon's journey from psychiatric patient on suicide watch - her wrists tethered to the bed rails in a locked hospital ward - to her present role as a groundbreaking therapist and gay pioneer makes for purely compelling reading. Berzon is recognized today as a trailblazing co-founder of a number of important lesbian and gay organizations and as one of the first therapists to focus on means of developing healthy gay relationships and overcoming homophobia. Along her sometimes bumpy road to success she ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299176204
SKU
V9780299176204
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About Betty Berzon
Betty Berzon has been a psychotherapist for thirty years. A member of the American Psychological Association since 1964, she is author of several popular books, including Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships That Last and Setting Them Straight: You Can Do Something About Bigotry and Homophobia in Your Life.
Reviews for Surviving Madness: A Therapist's Own Story (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)
I loved it. Berzon does a terrific job of telling a rich, conflicted, and ultimately triumphant life story and setting it in the context of milestones in the history of the gay rights movement, a history that parallels her own growth. I was genuinely moved. - Joan Larkin, Living Out series editor ""Identity crisis is too mild a phrase to ... Read more