Psychotherapy

The patient who cured his therapist by Stanley Seigel

This was a really interesting book. Stanley presents a bunch of cases studies of patients / families he has worked with. The underlying thesis is that what appears to be a psychological problem at times is the patient's solution to a conflict or an issue in the patient's life or history. Which if you think about it, is a tremendously positive way to view a person's mental state, as opposed to starting from the assumption that there is a problem that needs to be fixed, which is kind of authoritarian and demotivating. Stanley's approaches and solutions are also surprisingly creative and insightful.

All the stories are nice, but I found Final Aids, Holocaused and Getting Crazy especially interesting.