Shrink Yourself: The Complete Do It Yourself Book of Freudian Psychoanalysis

By Ted Harris Meyer

In this day and age with time short, money shorter, and all the really good therapists on daytime talk shows, what is the average neurotic person to do? Until now they were up the Danube without a prognosis. Now, however, Shrink Yourself allows patients to have years of in-depth Freudian psychoanalysis for one low price. Never again will the compulsive obsess about their next appointment only to have their analyst cancel because of tennis lessons or a far-off family funeral. No more free-floating anxiety about castration or death swirling around in one's head. Thanks to Shrink Yourself both conscious and unconscious can rest. It's easy to use: the reader need only find a comfortable couch and Shrink Yourself will guide them through an emotionally fulfilling Freudian therapy session. Repression, dream analysis, childhood trauma, Freudian slips, neurotic symptoms, sexual repression, Oedipus complex, ink blots and everyone's favorite, penis envy, are all covered. And best of all, there is no bill!AUTHORBIO: Ted Meyer is many of talents. He is a painter and printmaker, graphic designer, celebrity reporter and writer. Ted won his first art contest at age six by coping the work of one of the older kids.The unresolved guilt from this single act has manifested itself in a number of odd ways, such as the writing of this book. He lives with his two cats, Steven and Steven, in a big rectangular loft in Los Angeles, California.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312272227
• ISBN13: 9780312272227
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.5" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

A landmark work

In an age of USA Today and Headline News tickers, only occasionally does the written word touch our psyches. And when it does, boy it hurts. Shrink Yourself is one of those rare books.

This Book is a Kick in the Head!

By some strange chance, I happened to be sitting with the author, Ted Meyer, on a plane trip to Southern California from the Bay Area. He had observed that I was reading a psych book and offered me a copy of his new book to peruse (it had been only two weeks since "Shrink Yourself" was published). After taking in the few short introductory pages on how to use it, I was launched directly into the therapy "session". WOW! I felt as if I was with Dr. Freud himself and that he was responding to my every thought. Purposefully and resolutely, I was guided through the good doctor's 50-minute time allotment. Each new page brought forth in my mind greater revelations. I was especially struck by what surfaced on page 53. After finishing it, I just couldn't give it back to Ted. I had to have it! So I bought it from him on the spot and asked him to autograph it for me. He graciously accepted and wrote "Fred -- Glad you've gotten over the fear of flying." Thank you, Ted. Your book may well deliver just what our world needs so desperately in these trying times.