Shrink
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (751 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1941713106 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 470 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Change and Growth run at different speeds Leslie C. Slavens Dr. Obler tells his story just as if he were sitting across from you in a coffee shop. He uses his own language which is a colorful mix of his street background and intelectual education. There is no arguing that this man has bulldozed his own trail as he fights to survive in the dangerous and 'dead end' streets of Brownsville as he seeks his chance to escape forever.This is a great American tale of a child of Jewish immigrants, a mother who lived in indentured servitude, who like his father, had no education or proper English s. G. Ellenbogen said A Brutally Honest Account of an Unconventional Therapist and His Journey From Childhood Hell to Successful Therapy Practice. In Shrink, Dr. Obler (a clinical psychologist) presents a brutally honest account of his nightmare-of-a-childhood and the things he needed to do to survive both physically and psychologically, as well as the price he had to pay for erecting a number of psychological defenses that ultimately helped him to achieve the success that he so badly craved. His was a long journey, from the poverty of the Jewish ghetto in NYC and the severe psychopathology of his family, to his fine balancing act of holding jobs full-time while going to s. "A Must Read" according to Amazon Customer. This is a riveting read. It was hard to put down. Obler's life is unique. His practice, like his life, is unconventional, to say the least. From his dysfunctional family, to his street smarts, to his forming and leading a Brooklyn gang, to his sex life, to his unusual education, to his jobs in the field leading up to his own practice and to his practice itself, the reader is more and more amazed at the antics and general progression of his life. Golden writes as if he's in Obler's skin, which enables the reader to experience Obl
The wild, autobiographical story of Marty Obler, shrink: his childhood in an extremely poor, dysfunctional family; in a Jewish ghetto in Brownsville, Brooklyn; head of a gang in his youth; fleeing his ghetto world to Israel; getting kicked out of a kibbutz; eventually returning to Brooklyn and storming through Brooklyn College; graduate school, getting his Ph. D.; making his way in his wild fashion in a couple of counseling jobs; and, finally beginning a successful practice as a psychotherapist, in which he details a number of riveting case studies, not the least of which is his own—more of a self-analysis. And the latter, brutally (or ridiculously) honest, is in a class by itself… there is almost nothing out there to compa