Thomas Chang | Personal Book Review: Dr. Gary Small's, "The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head"

Without this one book, I would have been assuredly bored during all the flight delays and my waits at the airport and train station. I wanted to recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in psychology. Though the title is a bit strange (I suppose to simply provoke initial interest), I think the author, Dr. Gary Small, did an amazing job expressing his first-hand experiences in the field, offering personal and insightful lessons he has learned throughout his medical career. Beginning from his first-year residency, training at Harvard's Medical Clinic to his work at UCLA's Hospital, he describes his personal development as a med-student, transitioning to psychiatry, trying his hands on research, becoming a husband, father and friend. With humility, humor and compassion he expresses his pursuit to help others through the most mysterious and interesting cases including his own - there's something intimately human about this reading because he dives beyond the magic and 'mind-reading' misconceptions of the fairly-new field of psychology by explaining exactly how he approaches and analyzes each individual's unique case to finding the logical key to their healing.

As shown in the photo above, the book is titled, 'The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head' by Gary Small. They sold it for about $25.99 at Borders & Books. Well worth the purchase :)