How Many
Therapists Does It Take?
The Wit and
Wisdom of Psychotherapy
by Kenneth E. Reid
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196pp. ISBN: 1-59663-735-1, $15.95.
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A wide selection, including illustrations, of jokes, stories, tall tales, and anecdotes about the zany world of the therapeutic-industrial complex.
Have you ever wondered
how God and psychiatrists differ?
GOD DOESN'T THINK HE'S A PSYCHIATRIST.
how many therapists it takes to change a light bulb?
ONE , BUT IT TAKES A LONG TIME AND THE LIGHT BULB HAS TO REALLY WANT TO
CHANGE.
what the doctor said to the man who thought he was a bell?
IF THE FEELING PERSISTS, GIVE ME A RING.
These and other curious questions
are answered in HOW MANY THERAPISTS DOES IT TAKE?an indispensable,
inexhaustible treasury of laugh-out-loud jokes and anecdotes about the mad
world of counseling. As the most accessible collection of therapist humor
ever written, it highlights the folly, pretentiousness, and outright
comedy that undergird the therapeutic-industrial complex.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kenneth Reid, Ph.D., has a long history as a counselor and an educator. He worked as a social worker in psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics in Kansas and Michigan. Ken is Professor emeritus of School of Social Work at Western Michigan University where, for 37 years, he taught clinical practice. He has written extensively on counseling and psychotherapy including two books on the use of groups in social work.