Table of Contents
Preface 1
1 Colorado: Splitting to the Rockies 5
2 Why I Became a Psychoanalyst: It Made Sense 12
3 Can a Catholic Do It? Yes 19
4 My First Patient: She Was Perfect 27
5 It's Not Academic: It's Empathetic 33
6 What It's Like to Be a Shrink: A God-Like Business 39
7 Making a Diagnosis: It's All About Age 48
8 Sex and Sexuality: A Big Deal 55
9 The History of You: HX 62
10 Transference: Don't I Know You from Someplace? 69
11 Oh, No, Not Again! Bad Broken Records 78
12 Gotcha: The Pain in the Ass People 85
13 Dreams: The Royal Roads 92
14 Herr Professor Doktor Sigmund Freud: Giant 106
15 Use Eagles, If Necessary: Breaking Protocol 116
16 Sometimes We Make Mistakes: Of Course 122
17 Big Boys Don't Cry: Men Do 129
18 The Safe Haven: INT 135
19 Pissed Off: And Then Some 148
20 Who Saved Your Butt? Find Out 157
21 Ways to Screw Up Kids: Oh So Many 163
22 They're Just Babies, Too, You Know: Fragility Is Ours 173
23 Should I See a Shrink? Why Do You Ask? 179
24 A Shrinks Eye View: Why People Think We're Nutty 188
25 The Final Session: RES 196
Bibliography 201
Index 203
