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The author is a Harvard educated practicing psychiatrist, who once knew
everything about psychotherapy, but has found that learning the imperfect art
of restoring broken spirits is a lifelong journey. He is the author of the
best-selling non-fiction work LOST IN THE MIRROR: AN INSIDE LOOK AT BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER. His experience treating trauma victims has equipped him
well to present the reader with an inside look at their psychotherapy.
During the course of her psychotherapy with Dr. Kenneth Miller, Stephanie Whittington
recalls a childhood filled with terror at the hands of her alcoholic father. Everett
Whittington, now a pillar of the AA community, fervently denies her accusations and
launches a lawsuit against Dr. Miller for planting false memories.
As Stephanie and her doctor piece together a life story that seems to make sense of
her suffering and allows her to heal, the smoke and mirrors of the courtroom show just
how malleable reality can be.
“Atrocities continue to happen with frightening regularity.”
Benjamin Kobic, M.D., defense witness
During the course of her treatment with the young and idealistic Dr. Kenneth Miller,
Stephanie Whittington recalls a childhood filled with terror at the hands of her
alcoholic father. Everett Whittington, now ten years into recovery from alcoholism
and a pillar of the AA community, vehemently denies her accusations and launches a
lawsuit against Dr. Miller for planting false memories.
As the three lives of patient, father and psychiatrist commingle, Carousel Music
turns its thought-provoking focus to the controversy over whether or not some patients
in psychotherapy develop false memories of sexual abuse. Carousel Music presents both
sides against the background of Stephanie’s journey from bulimia and self-mutilation
to self-control and emotional health. It explores the fuzzy borders between science
and tradition in the practice of psychotherapy, even at the dawn of the twenty-first
century.
Carousel Music is both a gripping psychological mystery and a cautionary tale for
therapists and patients alike about the pitfalls of exploring the past, especially
when the rules are broken.
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A.J.'s Review of Carousel Music will be up here soon, please check back.
Last up-dated December 30, 2004
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