I worry I didn’t describe the process well enough to him at the beginning, but it’s almost impossible to describe what relative wellness feels like before it has happened

There are people in prison who should be in hospital

The discipline runs into trouble with Freud on feminine sexuality, but personally, I sense a truth in his thinking

Crucially, that doesn't stop them being able to do their jobs well

"Sitting there looking at this crushed girl, I really started to hate this guy."

Some patients, I know, imagine indifference in a therapist just doing the job. The opposite is true"

Tuscany's Chinatown is shrugging off the slump, but integration remains a challenge

"Diagnosis is comforting, mainly for the diagnoser"

"When we have words to describe our emotional state, things immediately feel more manageable"

"I know this all sounds like minor stuff, but, given where we started, it’s huge."