The Skeleton Cupboard: The Making of a Clinical Psychologist
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (539 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250052653 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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“The Skeleton Cupboard is an engaging and compelling account of the training years of a clinical psychologist, Tanya Byron. Her powerful stories from the front lines of clinical psychology will stay with me forever.” Dr Brian Goldman, Emergency Physician and author of The Secret Language of Doctors. She reveals her own concerns and struggles as she narrates others' stories, and focuses on these in her supervisory sessions with her brilliant yet difficult supervisor. In narrating these stories, Byron gives a window into the mind of her patients as well as her own mind. We come to understand, to sympathize, and to care.” Elyn R. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of South
She writes a weekly column for The Times (UK) and a monthly column for Good Housekeeping (UK). She advises on international policy relating to young people, mental health, and education, and is currently working in China to develop services for children and their families. She is a frequent public speaker and has appeared on countless British radio programs. TANYA BYRON is a British psychologist, writer, and media personality.
In "The Skeleton Cupboard, " Professor Tanya Byron recounts the stories of the patients who most influenced her career as a mental health practitioner. Byron brings the reader along as she uncovers the reasons each of these individuals behave the way they do, resulting in a thrilling, compulsively readable psychological mystery that sheds light on mental illness and what its treatment tells us about ourselves. Spanning her years of training years in which Byron was forced her to contend with the harsh realities of the lives of her patients and confront a dark moment in her own family's past "The Skeleton Cupboard" is a compelling and compassionate account of how much health practitioners can learn from those they treat. Among others, we meet Ray, a violent sociopath desperate to be shown tenderness and compassion; Mollie, a talented teenager intent on starving herself; and Imogen, a twelve-year old so haunted by a secret that she's intent on killing herself. ". The gripping, unforgettable, and deeply affecting story of a young clinical psychologist learning how she can best help her patients, "The Skeleton Cupboard" is a riveting and revealing memoir that offers fascinating insight into the human mind
A different perspective Renee Brandon So many stories told with so much heart. Tanya Byron tells how she learned to be a therapist and her journey with some of her cases. It was interesting to get into the therapist's head and hear what they might be thinking during counseling sessions. Her insecurities while learning the ropes helps to draw the readers in. The patients that she deals with helps to keep you there. I ended up thinki. Julia A. Carroll said Novelist - eat your hearts out! This book is. Novelist - eat your hearts out! This book is in the "can't put it down" category. A truly gripping yarn, it is an account of the early experiences of a young clinical psychologist - now a professor. This book is a series of glimpses into a world that is mercifully unknown to many of us, the world of mental illness and psychological trauma. With patience and insight from the psychologist many of. m fleming said Thoroughly enjoyed it! Great to have the Psychologists experience of. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Great to have the Psychologists experience of each situation as well as the clinical picture with the amazing clients she worked with. Sad at times but with hope and a lot of humanity. Thank you Tanya Byron for writing it!