The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful.

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Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic.

Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic.

There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life.

There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life.

Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity.

Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity.

Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.

Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.

I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every...

I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every...

After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries...

After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries...

When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which...

When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which...

There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and...

There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and...

I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make...

I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make...

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner...

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner...

Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would...

Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would...

There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens...

There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens...

So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.

So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.

There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography.

There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography.

We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person.

We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person.

I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer...

I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer...

So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.

So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.

The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because it's a sort...

The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because it's a sort...

It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a...

It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a...

Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions,...

Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions,...