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Lying on the Couch
by Irvin D. Yalom
A novel about therapists and the lies patients and analysts tell: boundaries, money, seduction, ethics. Funny and uncomfortable.
Read it if…
you want a novel about therapy's shadow side.
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Skip it if…
you want reverence.
Try instead: Creatures of a Day →
Three things you will actually use
- Everyone in the room has an agenda.
- Boundaries exist for reasons.
- Truth is complicated.
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Read the first chapter.
Our verdict
Yalom's comic novel.
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