A soft-spoken student who was once a violent hit man, an elderly man
tormented by memories of wartime imprisonment, a fortune-teller who
finds his therapist inscrutable, a woman who can't get satisfaction from
her mother or her therapist . . . These are just a few of the intriguing
patients treated by Gerald Amada during nearly forty years of practice
as a psychotherapist. From the ridiculous to the tragic, the tales of
Amada's treatment of unusual patients are fascinating, disturbing, and
utterly engrossing. Amada not only lets us peek into his office but also
leads us into the hearts and minds of his patients and himself.