The Pumpkins are Grinning

About the Book

The Pumpkins are Grinning:And Other Stories of the Meaning of Psychotherapy is a book for psychotherapy students and the interested layman about the confidential process in which therapist and client explore human problems. Five creative clients reveal the inside account of their experience, and these case studies illustrate different principles of psychotherapy. Transference, working through, interpretations, memories, and dreams are explored. Readers get a unique view of therapy from the perspective of clients as well as their therapist. In this book the mystery is unraveled and a road map provided to help the person who is in psychothrapy, considering therapy or wondering where it was they traveled while in therapy. It will also be helpful for therapists in training including psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, art therapists and pastoral counselors.

About the Author

Milton Davis has a M.D. and a Ph.D. in Sociology. He was the Director of Outpatient Psychiatry for twenty years at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Many of his patients were eminent in the entertainment industry. He is Board Certified in Psychiatry and Neurology and has been a member of the prestigious National Board of Medical Examiners. He was professor at the medical colleges of Cornell University, the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, and the University of California, Los Angeles. He has received several awards for innovative teaching. Dr. Davis is now living in Maine.