Should You Leave? A Psychiatrist Explores Intimacy and Autonomy -- and the Nature of Advice
Kramer, Peter D.
ISBN 10: 0684813432 ISBN 13: 9780684813431
Published by Scribner, 1997
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Explores the interrelated issues of working on a relationship versus ending it, what kind of advice one should accept, and whether contemporary society overvalues independence
Review: Uniquely conceived and utterly refreshing, Peter Kramer (Listening to Prozac) breaks the mould of most advice books with Should You Leave? Expect no authoritative voice retreating behind labels or manufactured jargon. Instead, in a series of fictive sessions with imaginary advisees, Kramer illlustrates complex problems; each one lets him give a different style of advice--from Freud's to Ann Lander's. The central question pushes the limits of traditional "silent therapy": can a direct, simple response to any problem of the heart be valuable?
Should You Leave? moves fluidly between discussions of psychological theory and imaginative flights, revealing both a wide body of knowledge and compassion. Kramer's questions, framed with sensitivity and irreverence, challenge our cultural fixation on autonomy and assertiveness. Given these, how can intimacy thrive?
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Title: Should You Leave? A Psychiatrist Explores ...
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good