psychotherapists

After several miserable years in a psychiatric institute, Linehan made a vow that if she could get out of emotional hell, she would try to find a way to help others get out of hell too, and to build a life worth living.

Destiny seeks the help of a therapist in order to cope with the deaths of the grandparents who raised her, but when the advice she receives from the therapist backfires, Destiny is determined to get revenge.

Follows the experiences of author and therapist Lori Gottlieb, who one day foudn herself in the midst of a crisis an needing a therapist of her own. Offers Lori's reflections on her own patients' lives--some which include a self-absorbed Hollywood producer and a senior citizen threatening suicide on her birthday--and what she learned about herself, and the nature of love, desire, mortality, guilt, redemption, meaning, terror, courage, and hope and change under the guidance of her own therapist, Wendell.

In this astonishing debut, Claire Bidwell Smith, an only child, is just fourteen years old when both of her charismatic parents are diagnosed with cancer. What follows is a coming-of-age story that is both heartbreaking and exhilarating. As Claire hurtles towards loss she throws herself at anything she thinks might help her cope with the weight of this harsh reality: boys, alcohol, traveling, and the anonymity of cities like New York and Los Angeles. By the time she is twenty-five years old they are both gone and Claire is very much alone in the world. Claire's story is less of a tragic tale and more of a remarkable lesson on how to overcome some of life's greatest hardships. Written with suspense and style, and bursting with love and adventure, The Rules of Inheritance vividly captures the deep grief and surprising light of a young woman forging ahead on a journey of loss that humbled, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.

Rachael Lee Harris spent her early childhood in an autistic fog. Then she began her journey to make sense of her life. She has been a beauty therapist, a Catholic nun, a mother, a wife, a divorcee, and a working mother. Today she is a psychotherapist who helps others on the autism spectrum.

Through her diary entries therapist Martha Manning tells how depression transformed her from a happy, healthy, and successful person to a suicidal sleepwalker and how electroconvulsive therapy helped her recover.

Claire Bidwell Smith discusses her childhood when both of her parents died of cancer and her career as a therapist.

Tells the life story of Austrian psychotherapist Viktor Frankl, describing his development of logotherapy and discussing how he helped fellow prisoners cope in the concentration camps during the Holocaust.