"All of the trauma work that we do, hour after hour, day after day, week after week, contributes to inner changes in the self of the therapist. It's an inevitable part of the work, because we're entering into a very dark world, and if we're open emotionally, in the way we need to be to be effective helpers, we're going to be impacted." Laurie Anne Pearlman. Vicarious traumatization "the cumulative impact of trauma clients' stories and reenactmentś"...

When a young woman becomes convinced that her sister's therapist was responsible for her suicide, she assumes an alter ego and presents herself as a client at his clinic, determined to get to the bottom of the charismatic therapist's relationship with her sister. But just who is she convincing with her performance of the deeply troubled Rebecca? Case Study is a game of cat-and-mouse between therapist and patient, between truth and deception, and between...

Back in college, Jane Lewis would have given anything to be like homecoming queen Connie Bryan. Instead, she was just Plain Jane--overweight, frumpy, and painfully shy. That was then. Today, a lovely and confident Dr. Jane Lewis has a thriving psychotherapy practice, her own radio talk show, a beautiful old Louisiana mansion, and her affectionate, nutty dog, Olive, to keep her company. The only thing missing is someone to share her life. Jane has...

Boulder psychologist Alan Gregory discovers that the obstacles threatening his personal and professional arenas are being orchestrated by unrecognized enemies who force him to reconsider what he has long believed about trust and love.

"In [this book], Frieda faces her most personal case yet when a former classmate appears at Frieda's door, begging for her help. Maddie Capel's teenage daughter, Becky, claims that she was raped in her own bed one night while her mother was downstairs. Her assailant warned, "Don't think of telling anyone, sweetheart. Nobody will believe you." Becky's story awakens dark memories of an eerily similar incident in Frieda's own past. When Becky is found...

When Ruth Lennox, mother of three, is found dead in a pool of her own blood, Frieda Klein is called in to offer a new angle on the murder. But when it emerges that Ruth was leading a double life, Frieda starts down a dangerous path that seems to lead to a serial killer who has escaped detection.

Ann Davies, who opens her heart and her home to any child needing a safe refuge, finds herself overwhelmed by Hank Riley, a brawny contractor whose desire for her leaves her afraid to surrender to him.

"Eliza Catalano's put-together life as a couples' therapist has been painstakingly curated for public consumption, but when a damning video of her goes viral, it'll take the help of rough-around-the-edges Beck for Eliza to discover that there's freedom to be found in embracing every perfectly imperfect part of herself"--

While working with a sixteen-year-old who has been incarcerated for murder, Gabrielle, a therapist, is alarmed by parallels between her client's paranoid fantasies and an escalating series of natural disasters.

In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the family into which they were born. Set in New York City and the low country of South Carolina, the novel opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister's suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the...