First published 2012
Dr. Rob navigates the messy reality of being a mental health professional who struggles with his own psychological problems. While sitting across from patients in therapy sessions, he grapples with the gap between his professional expertise and his personal failings. The book exposes what really happens behind closed doors in the therapy world. Rob reveals his unfiltered thoughts about his colleagues, his patients, and the profession itself. He shows how therapists deal with their own mental health while trying to help others with theirs. The story combines professional insights with personal confession. Rob pulls back the curtain on a profession that usually keeps its secrets. His candid account explores the contradiction of being both healer and patient, expert and struggling human being.
Genres: psychology, mental-health, contemporary, non-fiction
Vibes: candid, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-confession, unreliable-narrator
224 pages · Kindle Edition · Lyons Press
Content warnings: mental-illness