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Who is it that can tell me who I am? Jane Haynes

Who is it that can tell me who I am? By Jane Haynes

Who is it that can tell me who I am? by Jane Haynes


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A beautifully written and finely observed memoir by a psychotherapist that reveals as much about her as her patients. With a foreword by Hilary Mantel.

Who is it that can tell me who I am? Summary

Who is it that can tell me who I am? by Jane Haynes

In this searingly honest memoir, Jane Haynes recalls to her psychotherapist her extraordinary story. Having overcome her strange childhood, overshadowed by her mother's absence and father's descent into madness, the real diagnosis of which the family concealed, she attempts, vividly but without sentimentality, to understand the construction of her own life.

Now a psychotherapist in her own right, Haynes opens up her case files, which include a gifted young man on the cusp of a nervous breakdown; the middle-aged woman tormented by suicidal thoughts; the pornography addict, unable to connect emotionally with his girlfriend. Tragedy is brought home to her when her son-in-law is murdered. Her account powerfully demonstrates the resilience and life force of human nature.

'I recommend it to anyone concerned with the life of the imagination'
Hilary Mantel

Who is it that can tell me who I am? Reviews

Absolutely brilliant ... I have never read anything like it. This is certainly the best account of what analysis can - and can't - do that I have ever read or ever expect to read. -- Kate Kellaway
Engrossing and poignant -- Emma Tennant * New Statesman *
Literally life-changing. -- Liz Hogart * Evening Standard *
Deeply moving and gracefully written. * Catholic Herald *
Disturbingly honest and beautifully written ... literally life-changing. -- Liz Hoggard * Evening Standard *

About Jane Haynes

Jane Haynes is a relational psychotherapist and partner of intheconsultingroom.com London. Previously, a partner at the Group Analytic Practice, London, until summer 2007, when she decided to set up her own partnership with a group of diverse young professionals.

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GOR001457043
9781845299729
1845299728
Who is it that can tell me who I am? by Jane Haynes
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
20090326
352
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