Anything for Love: A Therapist, Nine Case Studies, and the Power of Toxic Bonds
Catherine Gildiner
Mar 2027 · Sold by St. Martin's Essentials
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A page turning follow up to the bestselling Good Morning, Monster
In her fascinating new collection of case studies, therapist Cathy Gildiner explores the nature of the parent child bond and the astonishing, creative and ingenious lengths people will go to keep that bond alive, however dysfunctional.
Dr. Gildiner presents nine memorable stories, including a schizophrenic man who builds religious altars in the tunnels of a now defunct mental hospital, a successful businessman whose relationship with his mother makes anger impossible and so rage bubbles out of his skin in debilitating eczema, and a librarian who is assigned to play the femme fatale on a murder mystery cruise and is unable to give up the role when she returns to her real life. Gildiner also presents the challenges of supporting those from dramatically diverse cultural backgrounds, from a Somali teenager to a Cambodian woman who survived the Pol Pot regime where people were forced to kill their parents to prove their bond was not to family but to the Khmer Rouge.
With wit and empathy, Gildiner brings each case study to vivid life. And unusually, she takes us not just to her office but to court, businesses, and hospitals. In the process, she lifts the curtain on the daily work of a therapist and celebrates humanity’s remarkable resilience.
In her fascinating new collection of case studies, therapist Cathy Gildiner explores the nature of the parent child bond and the astonishing, creative and ingenious lengths people will go to keep that bond alive, however dysfunctional.
Dr. Gildiner presents nine memorable stories, including a schizophrenic man who builds religious altars in the tunnels of a now defunct mental hospital, a successful businessman whose relationship with his mother makes anger impossible and so rage bubbles out of his skin in debilitating eczema, and a librarian who is assigned to play the femme fatale on a murder mystery cruise and is unable to give up the role when she returns to her real life. Gildiner also presents the challenges of supporting those from dramatically diverse cultural backgrounds, from a Somali teenager to a Cambodian woman who survived the Pol Pot regime where people were forced to kill their parents to prove their bond was not to family but to the Khmer Rouge.
With wit and empathy, Gildiner brings each case study to vivid life. And unusually, she takes us not just to her office but to court, businesses, and hospitals. In the process, she lifts the curtain on the daily work of a therapist and celebrates humanity’s remarkable resilience.
A page turning follow up to the bestselling Good Morning, Monster
In her fascinating new collection of case studies, therapist Cathy Gildiner explores the nature of the parent child bond and the astonishing, creative and ingenious lengths people will go to keep that bond alive, however dysfuncti...
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CATHERINE GILDINER was a clinical psychologist in private practice for twenty-five years. She is the best- selling author of the acclaimed memoir Too Close to The Falls and the celebrated collection of case studies Good Morning, Monster, which has been translated into over twenty languages. She grew up in New York State and lives in Toronto.
CATHERINE GILDINER was a clinical psychologist in private practice for twenty-five years. She is the best- selling author of the acclaimed memoir Too Close to The Falls and the celebrated collection of case studies Good Morning, Monster, which has been translated into over twenty languages. She g...
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