To Redeem One Person is to Redeem the World: The Life of Freida Fromm-Reichmann - Gail A. Hornstein

Descriere To Redeem One Person is to Redeem the World: The Life of Freida Fromm-Reichmann - Gail A. Hornstein

Using newly discovered family records and a rich archive of tape-recorded sessions with patients, Hornstein pens the first biography of the maverick therapist who inspired the bestselling I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. of photos. \nA fascinating and dramatic account of a controversial figure in twentieth-century psychiatry. \nIn this dazzling and provocative* biography, Gail Hornstein brings back to life the maverick psychiatrist Frieda Fromm-Reichmann. To Redeem One Person Is to Redeem the World tells the extraordinary life story of the German-Jewish refugee analyst who accomplished what Freud and almost everyone else thought impossible: she successfully treated schizophrenics and other seriously disturbed mental patients with intensive psychotherapy, rather than medication, lobotomy, or shock treatment. Written with unprecedented access to a rich archive of clinical materials and newly discovered records and documents from across Europe and the United States, Hornstein's meticulous and delightfully lucid** biography definitively reclaims the life of Fromm-Reichmann. The therapist at the core of Joanne Greenberg's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is also the analyst who had an affair with, and later married, her patient Erich Fromm. A pioneer in her field, she made history as the pivotal figure of the unique and legendary mental hospital, Chestnut Lodge. \n \nA lively, well-written account of a charismatic leader in an important period of psychiatry's history. \n--Psychology Today \n \nAt a time when little pills are seen as a quick fix for almost everything, this book is well worth taking time to read and contemplate. \n--Philadelphia Inquirer \n \n \n *Publishers Weekly **Kirkus Reviews\n

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9781590511831

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