Sensitive, accessible, wise, and deeply moving, this book is original and exceptional. The text is expansive and covers a vast range of theoretical territory. The writing is excellent and delightful, featuring stories full of surprise and intrigue. The theoretical explanations complete the package. A must for all who take the journey of self-knowledge and for anyone curious about what makes ... Read morepeople tick.Kerry L Malawista, Anne J Adelman, and Catherine L Anderson Wearing My Tutu to Analysis and Other Stories: Learning Psychodynamic Concepts from Life
Jane Hall, New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, author of Roadblocks on the Journey of Psychotherapy The story and analysis are really quite wonderful. I loved reading both-and especially enjoyed the way the story unfolds through analysis, which is quite sophisticated and, on a personal level, touching and nicely written.
Brian Rasmussen, University of British Columbia Okanagan This is going to be a book that people will love-both students of analysis and the general public. The vignettes are charming and the explanations, which deal with complex concepts, are masterfully simple and clear. The writing is entertaining and a pleasure-a fun read and rare, I'm sure, for books on analysis.
Sara Mansfield Taber, author of Bread of Three Rivers: The Story of a French Loaf The examples here-each of them-are little gems, beautifully weaving together theory with life and with much that is illustrated through this.
Patrick J. Casement, author of Learning from Life: Becoming a Psychoanalyst and Learning from Our Mistakes: Beyond Dogma in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Wearing My Tutu to Analysis and Other Stories is both a delightful title and a very useful and well-written book.
Barbara Almond Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association well-written, informative, and chock-full of wisdom at the same time that it is absolutely delightful and charming.
Martin A. Silverman Psychoanalytic Quarterly A lively pick for any psychology collection at either the general or college level. Midwest Book Review Show Less