Addressing himself to both general and professional audiences, a practicing psychotherapist and professor of psychiatry at Cornell Medical Center's Payne Whitney Psychiatric Center in Manhattan examines countertransference, the feelings and fantasies awakened in the therapist by the patient that almost invariably interfere with the healing process of therapy. In highly readable chapters with such titles as “The Dream of Rescuing a Damsel in Distress'” or “The Dream of Having the Perfect Child,” Myers offers accounts drawn from his 30 years as a supervising therapist in which other therapists have sought his help in dealing with troublesome cases. Urging practicing therapists to complete their own psychoanalytically based therapy in order to better understand the impact of their past on their responses to and treatment of patients, Myers also encourages patients to question therapists about their training. While the chapters have a schematic sameness and some of his interpretations seem pat, Myers's observations serve both audiences well. Psychotherapy Book Club alternate. —Publishers Weekly
Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a lovely, immensely entertaining, and -- when provocatively mounted -- haunting play. Yet it is too often misused as an occasion for slapstick comedy. Even many of the best productions realize only a fraction of its sublimity. The Book of "Twelfth Night, or What You Will" Musings on Shakespeare's Most Wonderful (and Erotic) Play explores the play's arresting ambiguities, with an emphasis on the sexual. It's for anyone who loves this rhapsodic play, and especially for the new Twelfth Night, or What You Will audience that has greater expectations of theater companies mounting one of the world's strangest comedies. About the Author A 2003 graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Wayne Myers was the features editor for the Oneida Daily Dispatch in upstate New York, where he reviewed theater, opera, films, and art exhibitions from 2003 to 2008. His work has won a handful of first-place awards in the New York State Associated Press Association, Suburban Newspapers of America, and Syracuse Press Club writing contests. Endorsements "It is what every book about our greatest writer should be: fun, fascinating, and filled with delights. Myers's analysis is exhaustively researched but effervescently revealed; each trim chapter is a page-turner, compelling the reader to read on. This is a must-have for anyone who loves Shakespeare, but also anyone who doesn't 'get' Shakespeare. After reading Myers's book, you won't be able to get enough." -- John Christian Plummer, director, 2008 Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival production of Twelfth Night, or What You Will "I wish there were more books like this!" -- Shakespeare Geek Blog
Ascension gives reflection of universal connection, along with increase of inner peace. It is also shown by what is outgrown. One is no longer prone to feeling alone. They can travel their road in a benevolent mode and wonOt emotionally implode. In a sense, they create a transcendent state. Bringing intuition into fruition is a connective condition superseding suspicion. Angels give only support of a positive sort, so this book helps guide to the ascending side. Many thoughts bring about all kinds of doubt, and ego has ways of darkening days. Have a structured thrust that can lead to trust. What one may not see can still be key as signals abound in every surround. Become a receiver and then a believer.
In the figure of the old-time gamblin' man and cold killer, John Myers has found a subject perfectly suited to his talents and his methods. . . . The result is a solid though lively biography. . . . As for the general reader, interested in the old West, he'll eat this up and beg for more."--San Francisco Chronicle
This book describes an integrated approach to using remotely sensed data in conjunction with geographic information systems for landscape analysis. Remotely sensed data are compressed into an analytical image-map that is compatible with the most popular geographic information systems as well as freeware viewers. The approach is most effective for landscapes that exhibit a pronounced mosaic pattern of land cover.
This monograph is multivariate, multi-perspective and multipurpose. We intend to be innovatively integrative through statistical synthesis. Innovation requires capacity to operate in ways that are not ordinary, which means that conventional computations and generic graphics will not meet the needs of an adaptive approach. Flexible formulation and special schematics are essential elements that must be manageable and economical.
Forward By: Brenda L. Stovall We have all sinned and come short of the Glory of God. But when the epiphany of the realization of an apparent error has occurred, we must make a u-turn from traveling the " Broad Way" and redirect our steps to the road "less traveled" and become the spiritual trailblazers we were meant to be. This book is a road map to success retold in a poetical format for those who have forgotten their atlas at home, were given "wrong instructions", have taken "shortcuts" "detours" or just "stuck in traffic". This book is for the proud who are too afraid to pull over to ask for directions for the sake of looking bad, but not realizing that they are already looking bad because everyone else in the car saw the exit sign miles ago, but they choose not to listen and continued on their own journey until they've reached the turnpike of life and just don't know how to get off. It is when we are on the road to success, we will obtain fulfillment because now we have stepped into our purpose, because He knows the plans He has for us of good and not evil. He is soo good; we do not even have to fret because He has ordered our steps. He is Jesus Christ. This is not your typical poetry book. This book is meant to unveil the layers that have been cloaked by the enemy, to free people's minds and hearts, to allow them the space to breathe again because we have a redemptive quality in God. Knowing the price for our sins was paid at Calvary. So when others laugh and scorn you for your past, you will know without a doubt, that the redeemed of the Lord can say So! That there is a Sea called Forgetfulness and we need to learn how to swim in it. Instead of stirring up the philosophical jargon of "what happened in yo
Time has a function of hosting conjunction. Synchrony brings resonant things. Synchrony supernal is partly internal. With sensing and signs, one consciously aligns. Free will is a fact, since we choose how to act. When things are trending, outcomes are pending. The stance we take can avoid a mistake. Advance preparation can avoid reparation. Setting the stage can help turn a page. Opportunities looming may need some grooming. Paying attention allows intervention. The importance of attitude is more than a platitude. Be in a position to make a transition. Indifference has the cost of opportunity lost.
Born the son of a prostitute and raised in squalor, young Wayne Cheney had nobody but a big sister to fend for him. Together, the two children battled hunger, loss, and the violence of their mother's men. Their only comfort was the Mormon Church. But when Wayne realized he was gay, the church offered him little but aversion therapy and excommunication.To Live and Love Well is the true story of a talented artist and devoted father, a man who yearned to be loved as he was meant to be. Wayne tells it with natural wit and pathos. Travel with him through what is the deepest sense, a love story with amazing pitfalls and revelations along the way.`
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