Mining the Sounds of Silence: Therapy in American Life - Softcover

Sinclair, Mary B.

9781462633609: Mining the Sounds of Silence: Therapy in American Life

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1462633609 ISBN 13: 9781462633609

Publisher: America Star Books, 2011

"Mining the Sounds of Silence: Therapy in American Life" is about the "SOUNDS of silence." How people can't say (or have a great deal of trouble saying) what they really mean in the larger society for fear of rocking the boat too much. And how this predicament is played on and exploited by therapists who advance their own power, authority and too rigid social agenda at the expense of the truth. This book explains how the hidden control within America exerts its invisible influence. How people are trained from an early age to do and say what they are told in order to keep the peace and get ahead.
My book attempts to bring to light aspects of the therapy profession which are routinely swept under the rug. One of its goals is to put on the table (for all to see) how creative people are exploited (and preyed upon) by a profession that makes a "business as usual" mockery out of human emotions. For example, in Augusten Burrough's popular Memoir, "Running With Scissors," the protagonist's mother, an aspiring writer, is held hostage by a married therapist who forces her to have sex with him (for "therapeutic" purposes of course), after which she attempts suicide. Running with Scissors is a classic example of Art imitating Life since a great deal of it is patterned after actual events from the author's own personal life.
Part Memoir, part Autobiography, "Mining the Sounds of Silence: Therapy in American Life" is also a semi-autobiographical comedy and social satire.
My Amazon Book URL is amazon.com/author/marysinclair

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From the Author:

I wrote this book to give voice to the profound dissatisfaction (and outrage) I experienced over the years at the hypocrisy of the "helping" professions. Every book on the market on this subject merely parroted back every other one like a never ending "vicious circle" of "monkey talk" from which there was no escape.

I wanted to finally put on the table for public viewing not only the extreme lack of helpfulness of the "helping" professions (as far as any genuine "transitioning" or real "healing" is concerned), but the way in which the horrendous problems within today's society are played off of (and exploited) to further the invisible agenda of an out of control, money driven system.

It became almost an obsession to me to be able to put this into words in a way that would be genuinely "proactive" or challenging, and not "reactive." And, since nothing previously written satisfied my desire for the truth, I was forced to blaze my own trail. To come up with my own answers for everything.

I've also written another book ("It's So Easy To Be Smart With Someone Else's Heart: The Sound of Your Own Wheels") about my profound disagreement with Catholic Church policy regarding birth control.

To summarize, I enjoy writing books that question how the invisible set up of society (or religious teaching) impacts on (and often destroys) people's real lives. Books that explore the underpinnings in a way that throws light on so many ideas within American life today that are hopelessly off base.

Anyone wishing to share similar experiences can contact me at now02134@Yahoo.com
My Amazon Book URL is amazon.com/author/marysinclair

From the Back Cover:

Is silence golden? It has to be when "rocking the boat" means the psychological death of ostracism (or worse). A popular song illustrates this ambiguous complexity: "Silence is golden, but my eyes still see." Very often what is at first thought of as a golden "silence" soon shades into "passive aggression" and then a "conspiracy of silence."

My book explores the anomaly of "Silence," placing it in a context where people usually turn to express problems with the larger society: the mental health profession. But the therapy profession (controlled by, defined by and playing off of the larger society) is unfortunately the problem and not the solution. (It's all about rigid, inflexible, too socially channeled boundaries).

Sure, such boundaries have a purpose. But boundaries (like "rules") must be periodically reevaluated. Otherwise they become tyrannical and out of touch, gradually losing their stated purpose. There should be room for "boundary disputes." If boundaries are owned and ever vigilantly enforced/perpetuated by those with all the disproportionate "power/authority," the word "communication" has no meaning at all.

"Mining the Sounds of Silence" is about people everywhere hurt and abused by boundaries for the sake of boundaries. Which means "boundaries" that are far too rigid and "locked in." That overprotect socially channeled "authority figures," forgetting completely about those they purport to be helping. It means picking up on (or "mining") the difference between what people seem to be saying (usually what they are told to say and think to "keep the peace") and what they really mean, but can't put into words.

My Amazon Book URL is amazon.com/author/marysinclair

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