Good Morning, Monster
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Catherine Gildiner
A therapist creates moving portraits of five of her most memorable patients, men and women she considers psychological heroes.Catherine Gildiner is a bestselling memoirist, a novelist, and a psychologist in private practice for twenty-five years. In Good Morning, Monster, she focuses on five patients who overcame enormous trauma--people she considers heroes. With a novelist's storytelling gift, Gildiner recounts the details of their struggles, their paths to recovery, and her own tale of growth as a therapist.The five cases include a successful but lonely musician suffering sexual dysfunction; a young woman whose father abandoned her and her siblings in a rural cottage; an Indigenous man who'd endured great trauma at a residential school; a young woman whose abuse at the hands of her father led to a severe personality disorder; and a glamorous workaholic whose negligent mother had greeted her each morning with "Good morning, Monster." Each patient presents a mystery, one that will only be unpacked over years. They seek Gildiner's help to overcome an immediate challenge in their lives, but discover that the source of their suffering has been long buried. It will take courage to face those realities, and creativity and resourcefulness from their therapist.Each patient embodies self-reflection, stoicism, perseverance, and forgiveness as they work unflinchingly to face the truth. Gildiner's account of her journeys with them is moving, insightful, and sometimes humorous. It offers a behind-the-scenes look into the therapist's office and explains how the process can heal even the most unimaginable wounds.
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Author
Catherine Gildiner
Pages
352
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2019-09-03
ISBN
0735236976 9780735236974
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"So interesting to read about real life progress people make in therapy. Inspiring. Gets into some therapy speech throughout that is digestible. Interesting to hear therapists process. Strong trigger warning though, lots of uncomfortable topics. Amazing to see what these people were able to overcome. "
"I’m currently reading vicious, but up next psychology wise is Psychopath Free by Jackson MacKenzie"
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Crystal Willson
"This is a really good book. You’re were so right! Thank you! "
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Chelsea Perez
"Fascinating case studies. #psychology "
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