Denise Cullington Routledge, 2018, PB, 188pp, £19.74, 978-1782203674
How many psychoanalysts does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, but the lightbulb has to be willing to change. Do any of us want to change? Can we change? Psychoanalysts believe so; certainly the author, Denise Cullington, does. The premise of this book is that psychoanalysis works. Not only that it works, but also that it is phenomenally effective. I suspect that you would only read this book if you were already an enthusiast.
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