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A new collection of musings by one of the finest essayists in the English language, showing what psychotherapy can tell us about equality, hierarchy, citizenship, and democracy
Adam Phillips is a clever, cultured, and eloquent man, a psychoanalyst and one-time child psychotherapist turned public guru, who obviously enjoys the process of writing and does it well...In this collection of essays and reviews he gives further proof of these talents, displaying his flirtatious intellect.
More Reviews and RecommendationsAdam Phillips has been called "the closest thing we have to a philosopher of happiness." Formerly Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London, Phillips is the author of such works as Winnicott; On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored; Monogamy; On Flirtation; Terror and Experts; Darwin's Worms; Promises, Promises; and Houdini's Box.