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Good Shrink/Bad Shrink

Author(s) : Richard P. Kluft

Reviews and Endorsements

‘This is a magnificently inventive and exciting story. I was hooked as soon as I began to read it. Richard Kluft is a truly gifted storyteller, and he has the specialized training and knowledge to tell this frightening tale with the authenticity it deserves. In many ways, this novel, based in part on real science and real events, is a modern-day Frankenstein, where beneficial scientific advances become perverted into harmful weapons. Here, the survival of our most precious possession – the sanctity of our own mind - hangs in the balance. Kluft captures the essence of man’s struggle against covert psychological oppression, and his ultimate triumph over its soul-murdering tyranny. Good Shrink/Bad Shrink is more than just a ripping good yarn; it is a cautionary tale that freedom of thought faces increasingly more dangerous enemies. I can already visualize Good Shrink/Bad Shrink on the silver screen.’
— Alan W. Scheflin, JD, LLM, MA, Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law, co-author of The Mind Manipulators, and Memory, Trauma Treatment, and the Law

‘Drawing on his life-long expertise in hypnotherapy, Richard Kluft cleverly fashions a clandestine misuse of hypnosis into a racy novel. A sardonic campus scenario swiftly morphs into a page-turning action-thriller, so engaging that even Tarantino might be hooked. Surely Hollywood beckons! The mind-bending conceits place Clockwork Orange firmly in the shade. This is a long, impossible-to-put-down read..’
— John Gruzelier, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London

‘Richard Kluft has written a profound tour de force mystery that is simultaneously gripping and educational. He is a respected master clinician and researcher, as well as a gifted mystery writer. Not only is Good Shrink/Bad Shrink hard to put down, but it also opens up a new world about the uses and misuses of standard psychological treatments. It is engrossing both because of the power of its gripping narrative and for what we inevitably learn about the inner workings of people, both good and bad. Kluft immerses us in both, simultaneously and relentlessly, in this exciting book.’
— Gerald Adler, MD, Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute; author of Borderline Psychopathology and Its Treatment

‘Richard Kluft takes us on a wild ride with fast-paced dialogue, thrilling action, and exhilarating ideas. Good Shrink/Bad Shrink transports us to a world of super scientists, super soldiers, and super spies, making us question everything and everyone. Who is the good shrink, and who the bad? Who truly understands the patient? And who will be the good feds, the fake feds, and ultimately the dead feds? In a world of intrigue and mind control, who can really be sure of anything?’
— Jill Savege Scharff, MD, co-founder of the International Psychotherapy Institute and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University, Washington DC