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In Therapy

How conversations with psychotherapists really work

Book cover of In Therapy by Susie Orbach

Susie Orbach‘s stories from the couch are warm, revealing and irresistible. 

Guardian 

As heard on BBC Radio 4, this is a candid exploration of therapy from best-selling author and psychotherapist, Susie Orbach.

In the UK alone, 1.5 million people are in therapy. They go to address past traumas, to break patterns of behaviour, to confront eating disorders or addiction, to talk about relationships, or simply because they want to find out more about what makes them tick.

Susie Orbach, author of ‘Fat is a Feminist Issue’ and ‘Bodies’, has been a psychotherapist for more than 40 years. Through five dramatised case studies, she explores what goes on during the process – what she thinks, feels and believes about the people who seek her help. Replicating the improvised dialogue of the radio series as a playscript, Orbach offers us the experience of reading along with a session, while revealing what is going on behind each exchange between therapist and client.

Insightful and honest about a process necessarily shrouded in secrecy, 'In Therapy' is essential reading for those curious about or considering therapy.

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Date published
Format
Paperback
Extent
128 pages
ISBN
9781781257531

About the author

Susie Orbach

Susie Orbach is a British psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic. Her numerous publications include the classic 'Fat is a Feminist Issue' and other influential texts such as 'Hunger Strike', 'What Do Women Want' (with Luise Eichenbaum), 'The Impossibility of Sex' and 'Bodies'. She is currently Chair of the Relational School in the UK and runs a clinical practice for individuals and couples.