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Should You Leave?: A Psychiatrist Explores Intimacy and Autonomy--and the Nature of Advice

Peter D. Kramer

In his phenomenal bestseller "Listening to Prozac," Peter Kramer explored the makeup of the modern self. Now, in his superbly written new book, he focuses his intelligent, compassionate eye on the complexities of partnerships and why intimacy is so difficult for us. With the art of a novelist and the skill of a brilliant psychiatrist, Kramer addresses advice seekers struggling with such complex questions as: How do we choose our partners? How well do we know them? How do mood states affect our assessment of them and theirs of us? What does "working on a relationship" truly entail? When should we try to improve a relationship, and when should we leave? Equally at home with Shakespeare, Emerson, and Kierkegaard as it is with Freud and Jung, "Should You Leave?" is a literary tour de force from a uniquely insightful observer and a profoundly resonant and helpful approach to resolving dilemmas of the heart.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: Jan 1st, 1999
  • Pages: 336
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.08in - 5.36in - 0.77in - 0.65lb
  • EAN: 9780140272796
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: • Love & Romance• Psychotherapy - Couples & Family• Interpersonal Relations

About the Author

Peter D. Kramer is the author of eight books, including Ordinarily Well, Against Depression, the novels Spectacular Happiness and Death of the Great Man, and the national and international bestseller Listening to Prozac. His essays, op-eds, and book reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and elsewhere. Dr. Kramer hosted the public radio program The Infinite Mind and has appeared on the major broadcast news and talk shows, including Today, Good Morning America, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and Fresh Air. For forty years, Dr. Kramer practiced psychiatry in Providence, Rhode Island, where he is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. He now writes full time.

Visit Dr. Kramer on the web: http: //www.peterdkramer.com .

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Praise for this book

"Beautifully illustrating the passion, curiosity, intellect, and sensitivity therapists bring to their work, Kramer has produced a tour de force, a book of non-advice more illuminating than any how-to could ever be." --Kirkus Reviews