This Side of Tragedy: Psychotherapy As Theater

by Sheldon B. Kopp

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0831400501
• ISBN13: 9780831400507
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Science & Behavior Books
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Comedy and Tragedy

Sheldon Kopp's latest book is a wonderful addition to his list of top-sellers for Science and Behavior Books. Once more he proves that he is a superb spinner of tales. But in this book he chooses the metaphor of theater to illustrate the funny, the foolish, and the profound stuff of which our lives are made. Deftly, with the skill of the master writer that he is, he weaves together the relationship between the sometimes dramatic, sometimes silly, sometimes tragic occurences that take place behind the floodlights. What makes this book stand apart from his earlier ones is a strong autobiographical section which is revealing, sad, and sometimes outrageously funny. But this is not a "funny book." As always with Shelly Kopp, this book instructs. After reading the provacative material in such chapters as "Pretend You're Not Pretending," "Mis-Casting," "The Good Guys," "And the Bad Guys," one of the instructions we receive is how to not take ourselves too seriously. -- from book's dustjacket