Divorcing Mom: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis

By Melissa Knox

Book Overview

Psychoanalysis was her family's religion-- instead of wafers and wine, there were Seconals, Nembutals, and gin. Baptized into the faith at fourteen, Melissa Knox endured her analyst's praise of her childlike, victimized mother-- who leaned too close, ate off Melissa's plate, and thought " pedophile" meant " silly person." Gaslighted with the notions that she' d seduced her father, failed to masturbate, and betrayed her mother, Melissa shouldered the blame. Her story of a family pulled into and torn apart by psychoanalysis exposes the abuse inherent in its authoritarianism as Melissa learns, with a startling sense of humor and admirable chagrin, that divorcing Mom is sometimes the least crazy thing to do.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947976052
• ISBN13: 9781947976054
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Cynren Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.6"