Can'tExplain: I never thought of it that way, but you're right. I know my T reads other books about therapy and I thought she'd like the book. I know now that she skims books mostly.

granite: I know what you mean but the book seems to be the essence of my issues so I wanted to share it with my T.

ListenMoreTalkLess: Yes, One Child is nonfiction but reads like fiction. I did read one part to my T several months ago when I asked her if she ever read the book. It's hard to find passages because it's the whole relationship of the author to the child that I relate to. It could be that I'm just looking for another way to prove that my T cares about me when I don't need that proof because I know she does.

I'm an avid reader and I always want to share books. That too. I gave my former T another Torey Hayden book to read, which she did, but she didn't like it at all. She said Torey gave too much of herself to the children she treated. My T is more like Torey so I wanted to know what she thought. We're reading One Child in the book discussion group (social group) started by skysblue, if anyone is interested.

Perna: My T doesn't like when I read from my emails or journals very much though she was interested in my childhood diary from when I was 8 years old! I'm sure she would just want me to select certain passages as ListenMore suggested. It's hard, though, when I want to discuss the entire book with her.