From the bestselling author of Love's Executioner and When Nietzsche Wept comes a provocative exploration of the unusual relationships three therapists form with their patients. Seymour is a therapist of the old school who blurs the boundary of sexual propriety with one of his clients. Marshal, who is haunted by his own obsessive-compulsive behaviors, is troubled by the role money plays in his dealings with his patients. Finally, there is Ernest Lash. Driven by his sincere desire to help and his faith in psychoanalysis, he invents a radically new approach to therapy -- a totally open and honest relationship with a patient that threatens to have devastating results. Exposing the many lies that are told on and off the psychoanalyst's couch, Lying on the Couch gives readers a tantalizing, almost illicit, glimpse at what their therapists might really be thinking during their sessions. Fascinating, engrossing and relentlessly intelligent, it ultimately moves readers with a denouement of surprising humanity and redemptive faith.

欧文·亚隆，美国知名心理治疗大师，目前为美国斯坦福大学医学院精神病学教授，除撰写重要之专业教科书，如《团体治疗的理论与实践》(The Theory and Practice of GroupPsychotherapy)、《存在心理治疗》(Existential Psychotherapy)，与《住院病人之团体治疗》(Inpatient GroupPsychotherapy)，也擅长写心理治疗故事，包括《爱情刽子手》(Love’s Executionerand Other Tales of Psychotherapy)、《每天更亲近》(Every Day Gets a LittleCloser)等，都是脍炙人口的心理治疗畅销书。

鲁宓 中国台湾师大美术系毕业，德州大学奥斯丁分校艺术硕士。译有《巫士唐望》系列。