02096cam a2200277 i 4500 443390183 TxAuBib 20201015120000.0 200428s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781250271488 Hardcover $27.99 1250271487 Hardcover $27.99 TxAuBib rda Gildiner, Catherine. Good morning, monster : a therapist shares five heroic stories of emotional recovery / Catherine Gildiner. First U.S. edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020. 359 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In this fascinating narrative, therapist Catherine Gildiner's presents five of what she calls her most heroic and memorable patients. Among them: a successful, first generation Chinese immigrant musician suffering sexual dysfunction; a young woman whose father abandoned her at age nine with her younger siblings in an isolated cottage in the depth of winter; and a glamorous workaholic whose narcissistic, negligent mother greeted her each morning of her childhood with "Good morning, Monster." Each patient presents a mystery, one that will only be unpacked over years. They seek Gildiner's help to overcome an immediate challenge in their lives, but discover that the source of their suffering has been long buried. As in such recent classics as The Glass Castle and Educated, each patient embodies self-reflection, stoicism, perseverance, and forgiveness as they work unflinchingly to face the truth. Gildiner's account of her journeys with them is moving, insightful, and sometimes very funny. Good Morning Monster offers an almost novelistic, behind-the-scenes look into the therapist's office, illustrating how the process can heal even the most unimaginable wounds"-- Provided by publisher. 20201015. Psychotherapy Case studies. Self-help. Case studies.