The Fear of Doing Nothing
Notes of a Young Therapist
AEON Books · Print & ebook · July 5, 2019
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- Who it’s for
- A young therapist’s notes with an anxious pulse and a sharp, intimate voice.
- Genres
- Therapy & Counseling, Social Scientists' Lives, Mental Health
- Published
- AEON Books, July 5, 2019
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The Fear of Doing Nothing is a critique of psychotherapy through the lens of a young practitioner training in the field. Hazanov recounts the stories of the most moving, challenging, and memorable patients he worked with during his 6 years of training. This book follows him from the beginning of his training, at the peak of his doubt and skepticism, to its end, where he finally starts to believe in psychotherapy.
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This is a book for an intelligent and skeptical reader who is not convinced that psychotherapy is a worthwhile endeavor and questions its usefulness and merit. In the book, the author attempts to understand what can and cannot be achieved in psychotherapy and reflects on its place today.
Anxious Notes
A young therapist’s notes with an anxious pulse and a sharp, intimate voice.
Come here for
- therapist's notebook feel
- existential edge without antiseptic polish
Expect
- insight over comfort
- giftable, display-worthy design
Where it sits
| Social Scientists' Lives | 47% |
|---|---|
| Therapy & Counseling | 45% |
| Mental Health | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Social Scientists' Lives
- Dissociation & DID
- Authors
- Valery Hazanov
- Publisher
- AEON Books
- Published
- July 5, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Social Scientists' Lives