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Shrinks: Tales of Transition
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ISBN10: 1038371732
ISBN13: 9781038371737
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: Sep 25 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781038371737
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: Sep 25 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Psychologists are trained to help others survive grief, trauma, and despair. But what happens when the healers find themselves lost in their own lives?
Spanning three decades in Vancouver-from 1981 to 2010-this collection of stories follows three psychologists, David, Ebba, and Ben, as they navigate the delicate line between professional roles and personal upheaval.
Bound by friendship and a shared vocation, they guide patients through grief, trauma, obsession, depression, and fear while their lives beyond the consulting room grow increasingly turbulent:
- David anchors his family during his fight to maintain a fragile marriage.
- Ebba navigates motherhood and divorce, wrestling with a longing that reshapes her understanding of love and loyalty.
- When his wife leaves him, Ben confronts the same crushing depression he has spent his career treating in others.
Interwoven with their journeys are the unfolding deeply human dramas of their patients' lives: Debbie's crippling guilt, Thelma's incandescent grief, Darvesh's disabling compulsions, and Sunny's battle to reclaim her life.
Drawing on decades of professional insight, Shrinks: Tales of Transition explores the paradox at the heart of therapy: those who help others heal must eventually confront their own wounds. For fans of Koch's novel Hired Gun, this collection also offers a window into the early career of David Lipman.
As the years pass and the stories unfold, David, Ebba, and Ben must tackle the question that echoes through every consulting room: how does one face suffering and still choose hope?
Spanning three decades in Vancouver-from 1981 to 2010-this collection of stories follows three psychologists, David, Ebba, and Ben, as they navigate the delicate line between professional roles and personal upheaval.
Bound by friendship and a shared vocation, they guide patients through grief, trauma, obsession, depression, and fear while their lives beyond the consulting room grow increasingly turbulent:
- David anchors his family during his fight to maintain a fragile marriage.
- Ebba navigates motherhood and divorce, wrestling with a longing that reshapes her understanding of love and loyalty.
- When his wife leaves him, Ben confronts the same crushing depression he has spent his career treating in others.
Interwoven with their journeys are the unfolding deeply human dramas of their patients' lives: Debbie's crippling guilt, Thelma's incandescent grief, Darvesh's disabling compulsions, and Sunny's battle to reclaim her life.
Drawing on decades of professional insight, Shrinks: Tales of Transition explores the paradox at the heart of therapy: those who help others heal must eventually confront their own wounds. For fans of Koch's novel Hired Gun, this collection also offers a window into the early career of David Lipman.
As the years pass and the stories unfold, David, Ebba, and Ben must tackle the question that echoes through every consulting room: how does one face suffering and still choose hope?
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