The Mystified Fortune-Teller and Other Tales from Psychotherapy
By (author) Ph. D Amada
Publication date:
04 August 2015Length of book:
168 pagesPublisher
Taylor Trade PublishingISBN-13: 9781630760373
A soft-spoken student who was once a violent hit man, an elderly man tormented by memories of wartime imprisonment, a fortune-teller who finds his therapist inscrutable, a woman who can’t get satisfaction from her mother or her therapist . . .
These are just a few of the intriguing patients treated by Gerald Amada during nearly forty years of practice as a psychotherapist. From the ridiculous to the tragic, the tales of Amada’s treatment of unusual patients are fascinating, disturbing, and utterly engrossing. Amada not only lets us peek into his office but also leads us into the hearts and minds of his patients and himself.
These are just a few of the intriguing patients treated by Gerald Amada during nearly forty years of practice as a psychotherapist. From the ridiculous to the tragic, the tales of Amada’s treatment of unusual patients are fascinating, disturbing, and utterly engrossing. Amada not only lets us peek into his office but also leads us into the hearts and minds of his patients and himself.
This collection of human interest stories is based on Dr. Amada’s many years of psychological practice. The author is willing to share his therapeutic successes, often happily based on good judgment and common sense, as well as his failures from his early years of training. This candid approach results in anecdotes that may have happy endings or leave us as puzzled as they left the author. Readers who are curious about the daily encounters of a psychotherapist will be entertained and intrigued by the great variety of anecdotes.