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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not a great advert for psychotherapists.,
This review is from: Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy (Paperback)
I don't want to be completely negative about this book so I will start with aspects of it which were actually pretty good. I mainly liked the visual elements of this product. It's graphic form (even though I didnt particuarly like the drawing style)quite magically made the information contained within the book very easy to comprehend. The book its self is a rather unusual size, pleasant to look at and to hold.
So what didn't I like? Well, although this books is supposed to be aimed at prospective clients, as well as therapists & students, I'd say it would be largely unhelpful & perhaps even harmful for someone who is actually looking into getting therapy to read it. I say this in the main because it goes into great detail about the thoughts going on inside Patricia, the rather chilly therapists head during the featured therapy sessions- thoughts which include finding the client sexually attractive & later on as we find out, visa versa. Shockingly, as I guess author contrived) these thoughts are even later illustrated by a drawing of the client & therapist having imagined sex. Personally, I am no prude & as most people do, I know that sexual attraction is a common concern within the caring profession, but, I really don't think that a prospective client would benefit in any way by having this potential issue highlighted so vividly. After reading this book, particuarly on this matter but also on other musings of 'Patricia', I think it could definitely prove to be a case of 'don't think of the elephant' to the new client...who is obviously already overburdened. My main other criticism concerns the choice of client. The very weatlthy kleptomaniac character used I'd imagine very few could relate to. This kind of leaves you with the impression that psychotherapy is only for the well heeled. All in all good idea novelly presented, but absolutely best kept within the profession as I fear this book could potentially put many people who need councelling off getting the help which they so desperately need.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Couch Friction...,
This review is from: Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy (Paperback)
I've got to disagree strongly with Wiggles - this is a lucid, succinct work - and that applies to both the writing as well as the artwork. Sure, it may not be a traditionally told narrative - but surely that's the whole point! Comics allow you to tell stories in a different way - and what i think Perry effectively achieves here is drawing the layman into the process of analysis without treating them like idiots. Graat's artwork really works in that, as with the clear simplicity of Tintin and early Popeye, it really serves the story, paring images down to their essential meanings. Bravo to both the writer and artist for creating a really exciting graphic novel quite like anything that has gone before!
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertainment and insight,
This review is from: Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy (Paperback)
Previously, the book I'd have recommended to anyone wanting to get the feel of what counselling and therapy is about would have been Robert Board's Counselling for Toads. Couch Fiction has now taken the number one spot.
It would also be very reassuring to counselling and psychotherapy students, as the fictional therapist isn't perfect - and the therapy still works. I think it could also be invaluable to a therapist just about to start in independent practice for the graphic insights into the clues a client will glean about you. And for experienced therapists, 1) the book will probably make you laugh out loud, and 2) there are some useful reminders for where experience can make us less effective.
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