Stuart D. Perlman, Ph.D., is in private practice in West Los Angeles, and a training analyst and member of the Board of Directors at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Dr. Perlman received Ph.D.s from UCLA in Clinical Psychology, and in Psychoanalysis at the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, and was faculty at both. Dr. Perlman is widely published on the topics of trauma and sexual abuse, domestic violence, countertransference, and managing stress.
The Therapist's Emotional Survival: Dealing with the Pain of
Exploring Trauma is a unique study of the challenging and complex
interplay between the personalities of the therapist and patient in
working through trauma and sexual abuse. It accurately and
authentically depicts the lived experience of both participants in
this difficult, often harrowing journey, backed up by dramatic
clinical illustrations. The self-analytic sections include powerful
self-revelations of a kind one almost never sees in clinical
writing. Perlman's book will be of value and interest to a wide
audience, from new therapists to seasoned analysts. No other book
of which I am aware gives as detailed a picture of what the
treatment of these patients is like.
*George Atwood*
In The Therapist's Emotional Survival: Dealing with the Pain of
Exploring Trauma, Stuart D. Perlman, a therapist and psychoanalyst
with wide experience in treating the victims of sexual abuse and
other forms of trauma, takes the reader on a journey into the
emotional heart of this most difficult work. Drawing on extensive
case material, Dr. Perlman reveals the special hardships, personal
and emotional, that confront the therapist; he is honest and
courageous in using his own reactions to illustrate these
difficulties in ways that will be most helpful to all - mental
health professionals and others - who deal with this population.
While there are many recent books dealing with this topic, I know
of none that do so with the depth and honesty of this one.
*Louis Breger*
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