Suffer Not: William James to the Rescue

Reviews the book, Not So Abnormal Psychology: A Pragmatic View of Mental Illness by Ronald B. Miller (see record 2015-00670-000). With this book, the author uses his own personal experience as well as selected case examples to bring a different perspective to viewing what has been defined as abnormal psychology. Miller has produced an interesting text, which actually is two stories in one—a discussion of a different view of abnormal psychology and psychotherapy, and a personal journey as a clinical psychologist through phases of belief and development. The reviewer found the personal story, couched in among the chapters almost as its own case study, the most compelling. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)