The skeleton cupboard : the making of a clinical psychologist /

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by Byron, Tanya.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Physical details: 309 pages ; 22 cm Subject(s): Byron, Tanya --Career in clinical psychology. | Clinical psychologists --Great Britain --Biography. | Clinical psychologists --Anecdotes. 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Montague Regional High School 921 BYR Available

"Gripping, unforgettable and deeply affecting, The Skeleton Cupboard recounts the patient stories that most influenced Professor Tanya Byron, covering years of training that forced her to confront the harsh realities of the lives of her patients and the demons of her own family's history. Among others, we meet Ray, a violent sociopath desperate to be treated with tenderness and compassion; Mollie, a talented teenager intent on starving herself; and Imogen, a twelve-year-old so haunted by a secret that she's intent on killing herself. Byron brings the reader along as she uncovers the reasons each of these individuals behave the way they do, resulting in a thrilling, compulsively readable psychological mystery that sheds light on mental illness and what its treatment tells us about ourselves"-- Provided by publisher.