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Summary: A User's Guide to Consciouness
Review: Frattaroli has done a tremendous service to those of us who want some help with emotional problems and are faced with a bewildering array of quick cures, miracle medicines, and esoteric therapies. He presents a moving and understandable picture of what it is like to treat and be treated by the only type of therapy that aims to deeply understand the intricacies of the mind: the various psychotherapies which are based on psychoanalysis. Therapies come and therapies go. Medications are raved about and discarded. But psychoanalysis maintains its place as the star in those therapies which care about people, their minds, and their souls. Frattaroli tells why in as eminently clear and readable a book on the topic as I have ever seen.
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Summary: A Wonderful Companion to the Psychoanalytic Process
Review: I had been immersed in the psychoanalytic process for over three years when I came across this book. Having experienced, first hand, the soulful aspects of analysis, both pleasant and painful, I connected instantly to Dr. Frattaroli's accounts of his work with patients. I am convinced that the only sane and solid path to emotional well being is the long, introspective one described so eloquently in this book. If you have ever considered beginning psychoanalysis (or you are simply interested in learning more about what it means to be fully human) then I strongly recommend that you read this book.
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Summary: A Wonderful Companion to the Psychoanalytic Process
Review: I had been immersed in the psychoanalytic process for over three years when I came across this book. Having experienced, first hand, the soulful aspects of analysis, both pleasant and painful, I connected instantly to Dr. Frattaroli's accounts of his work with patients. I am convinced that the only sane and solid path to emotional well being is the long, introspective one described so eloquently in this book. If you have ever considered beginning psychoanalysis (or you are simply interested in learning more about what it means to be fully human) then I strongly recommend that you read this book.
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Summary: A Philosophy for Everyone
Review: I loved this book. Although it focuses on psychotherapy, it is relevant to all of the interactions of health care providers with their patients. It slickly puts science back into its true perspective when dealing with the practice of medicine. Frattaroli clearly expresses the important aspects of the philosophy of science, (such as synthesis versus analysis), humanistic relationship(for example, Martin Bubor's I versus it versus thou relationships), and theories from quantum physics (such as Bohr's ideas of complementarity). This is all interweaved with case studies and examples of the therapeutic relationship, which brings depth and meaning to the book. I could not put it down! As an oncologist and educator for mind-body-spirit medicine, I greatly appreciated this book, which is suitable for health care providers, their patients, and anyone who is concerned about the dehumanizing of our health care systems.Stephen M. Sagar MD
Author of "Restored Harmony".
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Summary: Important philisophically as well as psychologically
Review: I think this will be a very important book. Dr. Frattaroli sees that we are not just machines, we have souls. There is much more to a human being than is seen on the surface - our unconscious minds seem to have been forgotten in today's culture. His philosophy cuts against the materialism that we in America encounter each time we turn on the TV. His philosophy has something in common with M. Scott Peck, writer of "The Road Less Traveled" and many other books. I would also recommend these books to any reader who hasn't seen them.
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Summary: Important philisophically as well as psychologically
Review: I think this will be a very important book. Dr. Frattaroli sees that we are not just machines, we have souls. There is much more to a human being than is seen on the surface - our unconscious minds seem to have been forgotten in today's culture. His philosophy cuts against the materialism that we in America encounter each time we turn on the TV. His philosophy has something in common with M. Scott Peck, writer of "The Road Less Traveled" and many other books. I would also recommend these books to any reader who hasn't seen them.
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Summary: a great read
Review: THis book was obviously written by a great Freudian analyst. It is very thought-provoking, and worth the read, especially if you are in analysis or some form of talk-therapy. Frattaroli makes several important points about the importance of talk therapy, and giving up some of the medications to get the work done - no matter how difficult the journey.
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Summary: a great read
Review: This is a helpful and a hopeful book about the experience of psychotherapy under a psychiatrist. It doesn't have to be all about chemicals. Real growth can take place. However for a more in-depth explanation of the neurobiological mechanics of how to learn to manage your own brain, your own emotions, all by yourself when undergoing stress I'd recommend DEPRESSION IS A CHOICE by A. B. Curtiss.
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