A Guide to Psychotherapy

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A brief, clear, and thoughtful book for the layperson...It is refreshing to read a book for lay audiences that neither disparages the work of psychotherapists nor offers the moon. American Journal of Psychotherapy Gerald Amada's approach is humane, considerate and generous, presenting each issue with anecdotal and thoughtful consideration... A long overdue, yet welcome addition to mental health literature. -- Jane Pince Eick, Director of Communications, National Mental Health Association Admirable...Carefully written, compassionate, wise, witty-a prudent primer of psychoanalytically slanted psychotherapy and the processes that rouse themselves in its course. Sunday Tennessean Written in a very warm and readable style. Best Sellers Those who are wondering about therapy for themselves or for someone close to them will have their questions answered... The author answers the reader's questions in clear, non-technical language. Psychotherapy, he believes, is a fundamentally rational process-and certainly nothing to be afraid of. -- S. I. Hayakawa, Author of Language in Thought and Action and former US. Senator, California An unusually valuable guide through the usually dense thicket of trying to describe to the layman what therapy is really all about ... Consistently interesting and a useful tool in our persistent fight against the stigma of mental disability. -- Henry S. Basayne, Director, Mental Health Association of California Amada gives a lucid overview of the history, the nature, the session-to-session experience of psycho- therapy. Baltimore Sun