Answering questions about the process of therapy, the patient-therapist relationship, and ways to make therapy more effective, a collection of essays features the contributions of Eric Fromm, Theodore Reik, Irvin D. Yalom, and other writers and therapists. 10,000 first printing A scintillating collection of writings on the mysterious, controversial, and intimate process of psychotherapy.Everyone with an interest in the art and science of psychotherapy - practitioners, patients, students, and avid readers of Freud, Jung, et al-will find this lively anthology an engrossing read. A varied mix of essays, book chapters, case histories, and compelling fiction written by veterans of both sides of "the couch" and representing many schools of thought, Inside Therapy includes: Janet Malcolm's The Impossible Profession * Mark Epstein's Thoughts Without a Thinker * Eric Fromm's The Art of Listening * A. M. Homes's In a Country of Mothers * Theodore Reik's The Third Ear * and others. The foreword by Irvin D. Yalom, author of Love's Executioner, offers additional wisdom, humor, and perspective.At a time when managed care threatens the psychoanalytic tradition, this dramatic, inspiring collection reminds us of the healing power of insight and the unique gifts of the patient-therapist relationship. Acknowledgments ix Foreword xi Irvin D. Yalom Introduction xvii Ilana Rabinowitz ``Who Listens?'': The Woman Who Refused to Talk 1(21) Herbert S. Strean Lucy Freeman The Therapist's Personality 22(10) George Weinberg The Making of a Psychiatrist 32(22) David S. Viscott Freud's Invention 54(13) Leston Havens The Third Ear 67(14) Theodor Reik Bare Attention 81(10) Mark Epstein Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession 91(8) Janet Malcolm Feelings for the Patient 99(17) Gail Albert Sometimes I Feel Like a Dirty Old Man: The Woman Who Tried to Seduce Me 116(16) Herbert S. Strean Lucy Freeman Dr. Neruda's Cure For Evil 132(11) Rafael Yglesias Fine 143(13) Samuel Shem In a Country of Mothers 156(12) A. M. Homes Solitaire 168(44) Robert Lindner The Taboo Scarf 212(19) George Weinberg ``I Never Thought It Would Happen to Me'' 231(9) Irvin D. Yalom When Nietzsche Wept 240(15) Irvin D. Yalom About the Therapeutic Relationship 255(11) Erich Fromm A Shining Affliction 266(6) Annie G. Rogers Therapy 272(5) Steven Schwartz Final Analysis 277(10) Robert U. Akeret Copyright Acknowledgments 287(2) About the Contributors 289