Dr. Martin Challenges Proponent
of Do-It-Yourself Psychoanalysis

The Winner's Notebook, Theodore Isaac
Rubin, M.D., Trident Press, New York,
1967, $5.

Review by Dr. Peter A. Martin
This is a "slick" book about emo-
tional problems o c c u'r ring in
America's middle and upper
classes and what to do about them.
It is authoritive, informative and
well written. This results from the
unusual versatility and talents of
its author. Dr. Rubin is a practic-
ing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
in New York City. He is also a
successful novelist. The best known
of his books was made into the
beautifully sensitive movie por-
traying the pains of emotionally
disturber adolescents—"David and
Lisa." His recent best seller in-
volved a psychological approach to
weight reduction—"The Thin Book
by a Formerly Fat Psychiatrist."
In "The Winner's Notebook,"
though he denies it, the author pre-
sents a how-to-do-it yourself ap-
proach. If the reader will supply
the hard work, Dr. Rubin supplies
the know-how to "open up new
doors and get rid of many old, de-
structive and paralyzing skeletons
and ghosts in order to acheive con-
structive and successful living".
This is how the book gets its title.
The reader is shown how the win-
ners do it: by relating successfully
to himself and to other people,
the winner leads a richer, more
rewarding and happier life.

Dr. Rubin labels his approach
Psychognosis which concerns the
study of mental actions and
states. This is presented as a
potent and practical system for
discovering the reader's true self
and determining the successful
patterns for his interpersonal re-
lationships. The- value of such
how-to-do-it books is always sus-
pect and I would not recommend
the reading of this book for such
a purpose. The relapse rate is
even higher than in weight re-
duction programs. However, from
the standpoint of the presentation
of solid, sound understanding of
personal problems written in a
clear, expert style, this is a good
book for the beginner to read.

Dr. Rubin starts with the dis-
covery and realization of one's
assets. He then presents "mud-
dles" — the negative personal
factors we must realize, cope with
and eliminate. His next section on
Sex is excellent. It is a sound and
sane approach to a currently
popular subject.
"Making it With Max" is the
central core, theme and purpose
of this book. This means having
a successful sustained relation

with anyone with whom you have
or desire to have a relationship.
The sexual area is a true test of
such a relationship.
Typical of the many other prob-
lems discussed in this book is
raised by a quotation from the
Talmud. "If I am not for myself
who will be? If I am only for my-
self, what am I? If not now,
when?" Rubin writes "The point
is that one cannot be for other
people without being for one's
self and one cannot be for one's
self without being for other people.
The Talmud long ago recognized
the value of self respect in deal-
ing with others. We are all part
of this world — ourselves and
other people — and in doing for
ourselves, we are also doing for
this world and the people it con-
tains. In doing for others, we are
also involved in doing for self
through the personal satisfaction
derived from relating to others
in this way. Doing for self and
doing for others are therefore
never mutually exclusive and con-
stantly complement and ' supple-
ment a continuing human process."
From the above, you can see the
style and - approach of this book.
If you like it, buy it; but let the
buyer beware, it is not a substitute
for psychiatric treatment and is
certainly not a guide to do-it-your-
self psychoanalysis.

Friday, April 26, 1968-31

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May 8 at Beth Hillel. There will be
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