Table of Contents
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 Shrink’s Eye View: Why People Think We’re Nutty 188
25. The Final Session: RES 196
Bibliography 201
Index 203