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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 155 EAN: 9780465012619 ISBN: 0465012612 Label: Basic Books Manufacturer: Basic Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: July 21, 2008 Publisher: Basic Books Studio: Basic Books Editorial Review: Product Description: Miller’s wide and profound book about childhood trauma has provided thousands of readers with guidance and hope, and is essential reading for those interested in psychology, psychotherapy, and more. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A classic. Groundbreaking truths still enlightening after all these years. And I can recommenda fascinating and remarkably candid memoir written by another brilliant and compassionate woman: That's How the Light Gets In: Memoir of a Psychiatrist by Susan Rako, M.D. The title comes from a song by Leonard Cohen: "There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." Rako was herself notably a "gifted child," -- actually a child prodigy on the piano who performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age 14, and who became a psychiatrist to heal herself and others on the journey ... Read More Rating: - for adults who were parentified as children by their own parentsGreat read for adults who were parentified as children by their own parents, and helping you to cope with and MOVE PAST the legacy and wounds your parents accidentally left you with. They learned it from their parents, and it's important to break the cycle if you don't want to pass it to your children too. You will, unless you work very hard to heal the wounds. It's inevitable. Rating: - Great book w good examplesAlice Miller explains how a lot of us have been affected from childhood. The book flows well and is a page turner when you see that a lot of the situations relate to you in some way. I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking to improve themselves! Rating: - A Significant Piece of the PuzzleReading books about psychology, especially books dealing with childhood trauma, is a bit like looking into a shattered mirror. Some parts will accurately reflect aspects of one's own psyche; other parts will be too distorted to have any relevance. As far as mirrors go, I think Alice Miller's "The Drama of the Gifted Child" provides for excellent viewing. The core of the book is about narcissism, or more precisely, the way that children are negatively affected by the emotional unavailability ... Read More Rating: - always thereI read this book for the first time when it was first published and it had a great impact on me and on understanding how I had grown. It was painful but at the same time healing. I continue reading it and it continues having those characteristics. Thanks |
