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Written by England's odd couple--a psychiatrist-scholar and a renowned comedian--here is a guide to help you maintain your individuality while cooperating in joint endeavors, whether in the family, with friends, at work, or at play.
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Robin Skynner qualified in medicine at University College Hospital, London. He has been a pioneer in group and family techniques of treatment and one of the founders of both the Institute of Group Analysis and Institute of Family Therapy (London).
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If all pop psychology-self-help books were as sprightly and insightful as this, they would corner the market. Psychiatrist Skynner and humorist Cleese of Monty Python fame last collaborated on Families and How to Survive Them. Here, they return to the topic of family, then move beyond. Cleese, a former patient of Skynner's, confines himself largely to the role of straight man in their dialogue, although he, too, offers insights. Together they expand the idea of the healthy individual raised in a healthy family becoming a contributor to a healthy society. Particularly relevant is their astute analysis of our society's attitudes toward directness, money, celebrity and winning. The authors go on to discuss values, religion, death and change, all with an ingratiating lack of dogmatism. Cartoonist Handelsman has encapsulated the ideas in apt and witty illustrations.
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- PublisherMethuen
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0413660303
- ISBN 13 9780413660305
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
- IllustratorBud Handelsman
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