On the Couch
Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud

I'm absolutely sure that someone of a more academic bent would get lots more out of this book. However I read it as an interested bystander who isnt too sure whether psychoanalysis is everything it's cracked up to be. I asked for the book because I thought there'd be more for someone like me. What yo......more

This was a very entertaining and informative book! I had a lot of fun hearing about Freud’s life from so many different perspectives, from his connection to his dogs to his style of working with patients. Details of Anna Freud also peaked my attention, and gave me more to research in my own time. Th......more

On the Couch is a collection of essays and stories in which writers reflect on some aspect of Freudianism or Freud himself. Like most anthologies, the writing in this work varied in rating. I was surprised by how much the topics varied as well - for instance some works are personal reflections on ho......more

Disclosure #1 I listened to this collection of essays in audio format, and it was probably not the right format for me. I’m used to audio-books for fiction, even big ones (I listened to Stephen King’s 11.22.63 all 36 hours of amazing story), but I’m not that used to audio non-fiction. I thought that......more

3.5 This collection of a say dealt with anything you can think about a person in this case Freud. In fact, the topics various from Freud’s life to his approach on psychoanalysis and I would say that the first one is the one that interests me the most and made me want to continue the book and the narra......more