Whether you’ve been to therapy, have friends who go to therapy, or simply watch a lot of Woody Allen films, you know that it is a topic rife for dissection. After all, it only makes sense we would analyze analysis. CALA instructor Kate Walter adds her own point of view to How Does That Make You Feel?: True Confessions From Both Sides of the Therapy Couch, which is edited by Sherry Amatenstein, another member of CALA’s faculty. The book’s full description is as follows:
How Does That Make You Feel? obliterates the boundaries between the shrink and the one being shrunk with unabashedly candid writers breaking confidentiality and telling all about their experiences in therapy.
This revelatory, no-punches-pulled book brings to light both sides of the “relationship” between therapist and client—a bond that can feel pure and profound, even if it is, at times, illusory.
The book includes a number of contributors from a wide array of fields, from the expected (therapists) to the less expected (Ronald Reagan’s daughter).
Our own Kate Walter has lots of experience reflecting on her life, including her book Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing, which came out just last year. She also teaches Personal Essay Writing, which is being offered this Fall and is definitely recommended to anyone who wants to refine their essay-writing skills.
Sherry Amatenstein is currently not teaching any courses at NYU, but be sure to check out the book when it comes out on September 6th.