What's Really Going On Here: Making Sense of our Emotional Lives

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Here are fascinating articles on sex, jealousy, anger, intimacy, loss, food problems, parent/child relationships, sibling rivalry and much more...from Susie Orbach, truly innovative therapist and a highly accessible writer. Together they result in a coherent and profoundly perceptive exploration of our emotional lives.

'We have no shared language for emotional life...What continues to engage me is the desire to increase our understanding of the intersection of the very private, intimate world and the structures of the wider public sphere' - Susie Orbach

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'Intriguing essays that take the lid off the minutiae of everyday life' NEW STATESMAN & SOCIETY 'Several of the articles really hit home to me, both personally and professionally.' SELF & SOCIETY

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Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist and writer. She co-founded the Women's Therapy Centre and Antidote, the organisation promoting emotional literacy and is a visiting Professor at the LSE. Her most recent book is THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SEX.