Synopsis
In this fascinating book - which starts with Charlie's own story - the reader has the chance to see six different therapists at work, drawing on the same initial material from the one real client. The similarities and differences between therapies and therapists are highlighted. And at the end the reader is able to enter Charlie's experience of the process, and decide with her, which one she might choose in her search for a therapist.
Booknews
Therapists from six disciplines, including Kleinian psychotherapy, transactional analysis, cognitive-analytic therapy, and feminist group therapy, analyze Charlie, a 40-year-old working mother. Each therapist diagnoses the client based on interviews, and discusses the preferred course of therapy, problem areas, and criteria for successful outcome. Includes chapter summaries, background information on each therapist, and space for counseling and psychotherapy students to write in their own assessment. Lacks an index and a bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)