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Copyright @ 1974
Copyright @ by Frank Farrelly and Jeff Brandsma. Printed in the United
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Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 74-78101
ISBN 0-916990-03-6
First Printing August, 1974
Second Printing April, 1975
Third Printing Moreh, 1980
Fourth Printing April, 1981
Fifth Printing November 1982
Sixth Printing April 1985
Seventh Printing March 1989
Eighth Printing October 1994
ii
I never used to believe in prefaces, they seemed such
unbelievable stodgy affairs. But after writing this book with
Jeff, I feel like paraphrasing the cowardly lion in the Wizard
of Oz and exclaiming, "I do believe in prefaces, I do believe
in prefaces."
There are a variety of ways in which this particular
preface could be written, but I will simply confine myself
to some notes on how the book began.
Several years after the beginning of provocative therapy,
Randy Parker, a friend and colleague at Mendota, began
urging me to "write a book on your system of therapy", and
offered to help me transcribe samples from the hundreds
of interview tapes I had. Since at the time I felt dismayed
and discourage at the enormity of the task, I accepted his
help and we met each week at my house. With June and
Donna Gother (Randy's fiancé), we had, within a year's
time, a stack of verbatim samples which adequately illustrated
the system, but still no book.
Randy and Donna left the city and I felt left behind; however,
I continued to keep notes on my therapy, in an
attempt to conceptualize further the process. Slowly, the
growing stack of notes began to fall almost by themselves
into different categories, which became rough chapters and it?
was at this time that I met Jeff Brandsma.
He came with two other psychology interns, Gary Emmanuel
and Brent Davis, to Mendota in the summer of
1969. In short order we had a seminar in provocative
therapy going, and worked on some cases together. The
drive and enthusiasm of the "three musketeers" were a real
help to me at this time, and in May of 1971 Jeff wrote from
the University of Kentucky about finishing the book with
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me. He was committed to the idea, wanted co-authorship,
and immediately provoked in me a welter of conflicting
feelings: I was delighted with his offer of help, and dismayed at
sharing my "baby", felt excited about the imminent
emergence of the book and fearful I of the book somehow
not really capturing in final print what provocative
therapy was. But my strongest feeling was one of possessiveness;
provocative therapy was mine, mine, MINE.
The reassurances, however, of both June and Jeff
around the point quickly settled it for me; I sent him six
and one-half pounds of manuscript and notes, and the task
began of writing and rewriting. My aim was threefold:
clarity, clarity, and clarity. And in that I think we have
succeeded.
As our working relationship progressed, It became clear
that I had placed myself in the hands of a highly intelligent
Simon Legree. I remember fourteen hour days when I wrote
and wrote and wrote and Jeff mercilessly saying, "O.K.,
now I’ll give this to Mary Gilberts and you start on ...”
But his unflagging interest, his enthusiasm, and drive to
completion buoyed me up. His humor, his perceptive
contributions, and ability to adapt to my pace, style, and
mood rapidly demonstrated that he was not only a co-author,
but a brother and a friend.
Now the book is finished, and I think we have, after all,
adequately explained provocative therapy in print. And yet
I wonder. Just the other day a student indicated her
interest in learning provocative therapy, saying, "I've been
working with some 'hopeless clients' and I've felt like
shaking them to pieces." I cringed, held my head in my
hands, saying, 'Hold it! Wait a minute. Provocative therapy
is not 'shaking clients to pieces'."
The task of explaining the explanation lies ahead.
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Frank Farrelly
August 26, 1973
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