Worldwide increasingly large numbers of people are seeing therapists on a regular basis In the UK alone 15 million people are in therapy We go to address past traumas to break patterns of behaviour to confront eating disorders or addiction to talk about relationships or simply because we want to find out more about what makes us tick Susie Orbach the bestselling author of Fat is a Feminist Issue & Bodies has been a psychotherapist for over forty years Here she explores what goes on in the process of therapy
- what she thinks feels & believes about the people who seek her help
- through five dramatised case studies Originally broadcast as a Radio 4 series here the improvised dialogue is replicated as a playscript & Orbach offers us the experience of reading along with a session while revealing what is going on behind each exchange between analyst & client Insightful & honest about a process often necessarily shrouded in secrecy In Therapy is an essential read for those curious about or considering entering therapy