Think Like a Shrink: 100 Principles for Seeing Deeply into Yourself and Others

A Companion for the Uncouched
Based on a highly regarded article in Psychology Today that has been reprinted worldwide, Think Like a Shrink is a personality primer that refines years of psychiatric training into 100 principles. Here you will quickly learn to understand what motivates your boss, your spouse, your parents -- and yourself. Incorporating the most basic fundamentals that drive the human personality, these principles are short, clear, and simple, but not simplistic. They include enlightening observations and real eye-openers, such as:

• Some people never forgive a favor.
• In any marriage, there can only be one number one.
• Too much love may mean hate; too much hate may mean love.
• Successful neuroses help people fail.
• Electra and Oedipus keep psychiatrists in business.

Emanuel H. Rosen, M.D., a graduate of City College of New York's six-year B.S./M.D. program and The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, completed his internship at Duke University Medical Center and residency at the Menninger Foundation. He practices psychiatry in La Jolla, California.