I read it a couple yrs ago (even though I'm not a woman). It's ok. Unique in that the author is not in the biz. She is a writer. If I read it now, I'd probably be nauseous from the overly sentimental and glorified descriptions of transference, etc. But the book is more honest than most of the delusional stuff written by therapists. She's not afraid to expose problems and risks, though she doesn't go anywhere near far enough.