Patricia Reis, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/patriciareis/ Sun, 08 Jan 2017 16:43:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Psychotherapy and Memoir: The Talking Cure and the Writing Cure https://booksbywomen.org/psychotherapy-and-memoir-the-talking-cure-and-the-writing-cure-by-patricia-reis/ https://booksbywomen.org/psychotherapy-and-memoir-the-talking-cure-and-the-writing-cure-by-patricia-reis/#respond Sun, 08 Jan 2017 12:57:19 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17670   Without wishing to sound freakish or weird, I liken my vocation—writer and psychotherapist—to conjoined twins. Born in my midlife, they developed from the same fertilized egg, gestated in the same amniotic fluid, were nourished by the same placenta. They share the same interests, the same reading lists, and, dare I say, the same soul. […]

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