Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.Sample Book Insights: #1 When I opened my private practice as a psychologist, I was deluded about what I would be doing. I was expecting to cure my patients, but instead I had to learn how to be flexible as new information trickled in weekly.#2 It’s difficult to treat a patient who isn’t psychologically oriented. Laura just wanted her herpes cured and, in her mind, therapy was a means to that end. She didn’t want to give a family history, since she had no idea how it would be relevant.#3 The therapist and patient develop a bond that cannot be forced or created. If you don’t like your patient, you won’t like your therapy.#4 Laura’s mother died when she was eight. She had never talked about it, but she’d gathered from her father’s snide comments that her family had basically disowned her.