{"product_id":"the-myth-of-self-help-9781936320103","title":"The Myth of Self Help","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerald Alper is the author of eleven books including Portrait of the Artist as a Young Patient: Psychodynamic Studies of the Creative Personality, The Puppeteers: Studies of Obsessive Control, Narcissistic Giving: A Study of People Who Cheat in Relationships, and Control Games: Avoiding Intimacy on the Singles Scene. He is a psychotherapist who has been in private practice in Manhattan the past twenty years. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Contemporary Psychology and a Fellow of The American Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“ New York City based psychotherapist Gerald Alper adeptly filters materials glean from clinical vignettes through a discerning screen of psychoanalysis. In this manner ,Alper's sharp blade of psychoanalytic acumen cuts deeply into the core of a self help ethos which strives futilely to force the square of complexity into a circle of simplicity. The self help industry's flawed attempt to “dumb down” human complexity is examined in the context of the medium of film and with a regard to a multitude of power transactions. Cinema is only one of a number of media that Alper uses as he adroitly discuses contemporary psycho dynamics. Practitioners,students and general readers will be fascinated and informed by this psychologically insightful and thought provoking book”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeo Uzych,JD,MPH\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gerald Alper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48277915730171,"sku":"9781936320103","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-myth-of-self-help-9781936320103","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}