Both Sides Of The Couch
When Anna Wickins began counselling with her therapist, Paddy Magrane, she could barely speak in their sessions, silenced by traumatic memories from two decades before. But as trust built, Anna felt able to open up and she started to talk about a terrifying ordeal she experienced at university. And as Anna examined her past, a transformation was occurring across the room. Listening to her awakened painful memories in Paddy about the horrors that occurred at the boarding school he attended.
BOTH SIDES OF THE COUCH is a searingly honest account of how counselling shapes both clients and therapists. A unique window into therapy, it shows, for the first time, the journey through the eyes of both participants. BOTH SIDES OF THE COUCH is a moving and inspirational story of healing, of finding light in the darkest of times.
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Delicately written, with heartbreaking detail and searing honesty, Both Sides of the Couch is a hymn to the power of vulnerability.
A raw, honest and powerful book about the messy journey of healing ... that shines a light and offers hope.
What a powerful book. So insightful. So honest.
As compulsively readable as a thriller but with the heart and depth of a modern classic in therapeutic writing. I will never forget this book.
Not since Tony Soprano sat down with Dr Jennifer Melfi has a counselling duo been so intriguing.
Wonderfully insightful.
This inspirational book, told from both their viewpoints, shows how counselling can help both client and therapist to find light in the darkest of times.
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