BLURB Have you ever wondered ... ... why a couple, now in their
90's and married for 60 years, got divorced? THEY WAITED UNTIL THE
CHILDREN WERE DEAD ... how God and psychiatrists differ? GOD
DOESN'T THINK HE'S A PSYCHIATRIST. ... how many therapists it takes
to change a light bulb? ONE, BUT IT TAKES A LONG TIME AND THE LIGHT
BULB HAS TO REALLY WANT TO CHANGE. ... what the doctor said to the
man who thought he was a bell? IF THE FEELING PERSISTS, GIVE ME A
RING. ... the reason a husband didn't speak to his wife for 18
months? HE DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT. ... the difference between
patients and the staff of a psychiatric hospital? PATIENTS GET
BETTER AND LEAVE. ... why psychoanalysis is so much quicker for men
than for women? WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO BACK TO THEIR CHILDHOOD, MEN
ARE ALREADY THERE. ... the significance of the dreaded diagnosis,
Cashew-Maraschino Syndrome? THE PATIENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE NUTTY
AS A FRUIT CAKE. These and other curious questions are answered in
HOW MANY THERAPISTS DOES IT TAKE?-an indispensable, inexhaustible
treasury of laugh-out-loud jokes and anecdotes about the mad world
of counseling. As the most accessible collection of therapist humor
ever written, it highlights the folly, pretentiousness, and
outright comedy that undergird the therapeutic-industrial complex.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kenneth Reid, Ph.D., has a long history as a
counselor and an educator. He worked as a social worker in
psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics in Kansas and
Michigan. Ken is Professor emeritus of School of Social Work at
Western Michigan University where, for 37 years, he taught clinical
practice. He has written extensively on counseling and
psychotherapy including two books on the use of groups in social
work. Ken counsels individuals and families as well as clergy in a
faith-based counseling program and is a hospice volunteer and
disaster mental health worker with the American Red Cross.
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