The Impossibility of Sex

In fictional cases based on her own practice, which included Princess Diana, Susie Orbach describes those being treated for such common problems as depression, loneliness, compulsive eating, sexual compulsion, lying, and fear of intimacy to demonstrate the close, collaborative nature of therapy today. From the unlikely role the therapist plays in the troubled relationship of two lesbians to the unsettling dreams the therapist experiences while treating a man consumed by sexual desire, Orbach illuminates the complex human interactions at the heart of the therapeutic process and the "joint discoveries" that contribute to its effectiveness.