{"product_id":"the-healing-field-a-young-psychiatrists-battle-with-his-anorexic-patient-her-hunger-strike-against-god-and-their-journey-through-the-d-9781497475717","title":"The Healing Field: A Young Psychiatrist's Battle With His Anorexic Patient, Her Hunger Strike Against God and Their Journey Through the D","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes it's not just the patient who needs transformation. Such is the case with Henry Kaplan, MD, when he first meets Lori.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJust starting out in psychiatry, \"Dr. H\" approaches his client's determination to starve herself to death with all the tools his profession provides: medication, therapy, hospitalizations, and even, when truly desperate, electroconvulsive therapy. But nothing works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscouraged by Lori's continuous decline and overwhelmed by his growing practice, he decides to shake things up in his own life by enrolling in a stand-up comedy class. With the door to his creativity and humor now open, he surprises himself with fresh treatment ideas that just might startle Lori out of her deepening depression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen he finally hears Lori repeat the words, \"I have a beautiful soul,\" Dr. H recognizes that healing doesn't always follow protocol and that it requires the courage of not only the patient, but also the doctor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA fictionalized account of a real-life journey from fear to love written by Dr. Howard E. Richmond, \u003ci\u003e The Healing Field\u003c\/i\u003e is an encouraging read that addresses the tough topics of anorexia, self-esteem, suicide, and abuse with enough gravity, humor, and hope to start you on your own path toward healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-8976885\"\u003eMD Howard E. Richmond\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781497475717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1497475716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward E. Richmond, MD, is an integrative psychiatrist, an inspirational teacher, and a daily practitioner of hot yoga. Over the years, he has learned that healing is nonlinear and multidimensional, and he has come to incorporate a wide variety of techniques to help transform his patients' lives. To face his own fears and rejuvenate himself with creativity, he often performs stand-up as \"the Comic Shrink.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Healing Field\u003c\/i\u003e, is the inspiring, fictionalized account of an early patient who broke him out of his initially unyielding mold. Richmond is currently working on his second book, \u003ci\u003eThe Story Beneath the Story: The Power of Emotions to Harm or Heal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the son of a State Department Foreign Service officer, Richmond grew up in Japan, Thailand, and Brazil. Now he lives with his wife and their two German shepherd rescues in Encinitas, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44433166041325,"sku":"9781497475717","price":21.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1900fcb7-ee48-4fdb-9c31-46f4f4814258.jpg?v=1700058558","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-healing-field-a-young-psychiatrists-battle-with-his-anorexic-patient-her-hunger-strike-against-god-and-their-journey-through-the-d-9781497475717","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}