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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

Cancer and Creativity

Esther Dreifuss-Kattan · 2018
72/100
👍 Worth It

A rigorously grounded academic work that makes a genuine case for creative activity as a psychoanalytic healing tool — the long-form case studies give it real clinical texture that pure theory books lack. This is squarely a professional text, not a general-audience read, and the narrow psychoanalytic lens will feel dated to practitioners trained in other traditions. For psychotherapists, art therapists, or oncology mental health professionals, it earns its place on the shelf.

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substance75
craft70
originality72
accuracy74
hype68
age-fit80
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict72
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