A Talented Writer and Therapist

Your Voice in My Head by Emma Forrest is about a lot of things.  I'll focus on the insight it gives into the way in which Dr. R worked as a healer.  He both prescribed medication and carried out talk therapy.  The combination appeared to be an important part of what made it work.  A colleague described him to the author as not being a blank slate, but instead reacting as a person to the input given to him in therapy.  After he died, people he had worked with described his ongoing influence on their lives.  A letter by a patient other than than the author of the book described him as helping people by "lending his humanity, and leaving no doubt that they were understood."  The above link for the book's name is to the Goodreads page for the book.  Threre are about 75 reviews, many of which are from women.  The rationale for the one star rating makes me glad that nobody reads my book.  The link for the author is to her blog.  It's strange to have that much access and connection to an author.