Schopenhauer's porcupines : intimacy and its dilemmas : five stories of psychotherapy

The classic compilation of psychological case studies from a master clinician and lyrical writer. Each generation of therapists can boast of only a few writers like Deborah Luepnitz, whose sympathy and wit shine in her fine, luminous prose. In Schopenhauer's Porcupines , she recounts five true stories from her practice, stories of patients who range from the super-rich to the destitute, who grapple with panic attacks, psychosomatic illness, marital despair, and sexual recklessness. Intimate, original, and triumphantly funny, Schopenhauer's Porcupines goes further than any other book in illuminating "how talking helps." Are Human Beings Destined To Find Perfect Complements In Love Or Are We More Like The Fabled Porcupines - Forever Jostling For A Place Between Painful Involvement And Loveless Isolation? That Is The Question At The Heart Of This Stunning New Book. People Seek Therapy When Things Have Gone Terribly Wrong In Their Lives, Observes Deborah Anna Luepnitz, A Gifted Therapist And A Writer Of Uncommon Talent. They Arrive In The Grip Of A Death Wish Or Some Unspeakable Obsession, But What Is At Stake Always Turns Out To Be Intimacy - The Endless Dilemmas Of Loyalty And Desire. Schopenhauer's Porcupines Recounts Five Stories From Luepnitz's Practice, With Patients Who Range From The Super-rich To The Homeless - As They Grapple With Panic Attacks, Psychosomatic Illness, Marital Despair And Sexual Recklessness. Intimate, Original And Triumphantly Funny, Schopenhauer's Porcupines Goes Further Than Any Other Book In Unveiling The Secrets Of How Talking Helps.--jacket. Making Room In Love For Hate -- Same Bed, Different Dreams -- Christmas In July -- Don Juan In Trenton -- A Darwinian Finch -- The Sin Eater. Deborah Anna Luepnitz. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [262]-267) And Index. A series of stories about people in conflict with pain ; chronicles a wide range of patients as they struggle with panic attacks, psychosomatic illness, marital despair, and sexual recklessness, as well as other problems IT IS A CLEAR London morning, unusually bright for November, and I am making my way to number 20 Maresfield Gardens.