After forty years as a psychiatrist, Dr. Art Smukler MD came to the conclusion: many of the difficulties that shape our adult lives are repetitions of emotional patterns established in childhood. Through stories from his own life and the lives of his patients, he explores why we repeat old hurts—and how greater self-understanding can help us break free.
In this candid, story-driven memoir, we meet Jerome, who believed a microphone was implanted in his ear, Polly, who ran naked across a college campus clutching a butcher knife, Brian, the bullied teenager who needed permission to fight back. And a young medical student named Art Smukler, whose own psychoanalysis changed everything.
Part gripping case studies, part practical guide, Inside the Mind of a Psychiatrist shows you how the unconscious shapes your choices and your life. Whether you’re in therapy, considering it, a psychiatric resident, or simply curious about what makes us all tick, this book will surprise you, move you, and help you understand yourself.
Also, if you like psychological suspense novels, you’ll love, Little Italy, The Secret of Carol Rosa, and Patient X. Dr. Smukler’s memoir and psychological suspense novels will give you real psychiatric insight into the human mind.
As a private practitioner, UCLA professor, novelist and memoirist, Art Smukler, MD, balances the absurdities and wisdom of psychiatry with the raw humanity of his patients and the characters in his novels.
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