Robert J. Stoller - Splitting
('a case of female masculinity')
Robert J. Stoller, M.D.: Proffessor of psychiatry
1974, Delta book
393 pag.
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I know all the consequences of having a book written about me. ...Nobody reading the book will know how mucht pain there is in it, but I know and i'm hoping maybe somebody will understand... You have to tell the truth, and some people dont't want to hear the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts people..
Mrs. G.
'Splitting' is de dramatic case history of Mrs. G., a woman whose traumatic childhood caused her to split into several personalities - not only female but mal. There was Whitney, a psychopathic tomboy, defiant of the law, violent, and incorrigeble. There was David, the imaginary companieon who was at first a destructive force but later became a restraining influence on Whitney. And then there was Carrie, a feminine personality who emerged during therapie.
The transcript of Mrs. G. 's treatment sessions with Dr Robert J. Stoller are an undisguised and moving view of patient and doctor at work, exploring deep recesses of sexualtity and of emotional and physical disturbance. In her own wordt, each episode of Mrs. G.'s painful life unfolds - murder, suicide attempts, armed robbery, homosexualtity, periods in mental and correctional instituations. The result is a vivid picture of Mrs. G. and of a determined psychiatrist's battel to win wholeness for her.
Recensie:
The general reader will find this book intriguing and startling as biography. The specialist in psychiatry or psychology will find it professionally instructive and provocative. The teacher and student will use it for an entire semester's seminar. Be sure to read it! (John money, Ph.D., Johns hopkins university school of medicine)
...an ambitious case history... happily devoid of dogmatism and cluttering jargon. Strongly recommended... (Library journal)
