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On a Couch Somewhere in America
Dr. Michael Berman is a workaholic psychiatrist who prays for a God and dreams for peace. As he struggles to define his own reality and answer the questions of his lucid nightmares, Dr. Berman sees patient after patient in his office, hoping he can help them more than he can help himself. But the truth is that Dr. Berman does not always have the answers. Between his appointments with his patients-who face a wide range of problems-Dr. Berman flips on his office stereo and lies on his own couch, determined to nap his troubles away. But instead, he is plagued by visions that cause him to question everything in his life. Is he an existential pessimist? Why has he been lying to his patients lately? Is the beautiful woman he dreams about real? In this novel, a psychiatrist floats somewhere between sanity and insanity as the voice of his stereo leads him on an unstoppable path to his destiny.
214 pages, Hardcover
First published August 26, 2013
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October 31, 2015
OMG this is golden! Why doesn't it have more reviews? If you are a fellow Psychotherapist, Mental Health Counselor, or/and Psychiatrist, - you will love this book! It starts on a very high comedy note, but not to give anything away, well it will not stay just funny forever, that's the best of the writing I think.
It is both ridiculous at times and quite realistic, I love the sessions "transcripts", the "internal feedback" of the psychiatrist, made me laugh out-loud many times. But despite of it all, the book can and will go to some pretty dark places later on, and for me the change of pace, style and exposition was welcomed, and well realized.
This one will stay in my library because I am more then certain will be re-reading this book again in the new 2016!
It is both ridiculous at times and quite realistic, I love the sessions "transcripts", the "internal feedback" of the psychiatrist, made me laugh out-loud many times. But despite of it all, the book can and will go to some pretty dark places later on, and for me the change of pace, style and exposition was welcomed, and well realized.
This one will stay in my library because I am more then certain will be re-reading this book again in the new 2016!
December 30, 2015
OMG this is golden! Why doesn't it have more reviews? If you are a fellow Psychotherapist, Mental Health Counselor, or/and Psychiatrist, - you will love this book! It starts on a very high comedy note, but not to give anything away, well it will not stay just funny forever, that's the best of the writing I think.
It is both ridiculous at times and quite realistic, I love the sessions "transcripts", the "internal feedback" of the psychiatrist, made me laugh out-loud many times. But despite of it all, the book can and will go to some pretty dark places later on, and for me the change of pace, style and exposition was welcomed, and well realized.
This one will stay in my library because I am more then certain will be re-reading this book again in the new 2016!
It is both ridiculous at times and quite realistic, I love the sessions "transcripts", the "internal feedback" of the psychiatrist, made me laugh out-loud many times. But despite of it all, the book can and will go to some pretty dark places later on, and for me the change of pace, style and exposition was welcomed, and well realized.
This one will stay in my library because I am more then certain will be re-reading this book again in the new 2016!
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