Divorcing Mom: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis - 9781947976061

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.

Author: Melissa Knox, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

Publisher: Cynren Press

Publication Date: Jan 22, 2019

Number of Pages: 228 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1947976060

ISBN-13: 9781947976061