Dear Reader, Love Deborah Serani

Dear Reader…

It’s so great you’re here at Dear Reader, Love Author, to learn more about my debut psychological suspense thriller, THE NINTH SESSION by TouchPoint Press. It’s a crime story that will take you on a journey into the inner workings of psychotherapy – or should I say, more specifically, psychoanalysis. Reading THE NINTH SESSION will offer you a textured experience of what it’s like to be both the patient and the therapist in psychotherapy.

 Furthermore, you’ll also experience the world of Deaf Culture and CODA, Child of Deaf Adult, as well as American Sign Language, giving the novel a diverse and visually cinematic feel. 

Perhaps more intriguing, is how you’ll learn along with Dr. Alicia Reese, how her new patient, Lucas Ferro, struggles with anxiety – but has a secret that will change not only his life, but also Reese’s. THE NINTH SESSION will pitch you, dear reader, along with its heroine, Dr. Reese, into the depths of evil and sorrow – leaving you to discover just how far one would go to do the right thing.

I’m a psychologist and trained psychoanalyst, and always wanted to bring this story to life as a writer. I’ve always been moved by how trauma sets into motion a variety of human responses. The truth is that people respond differently to painful moments and life changing events. Sometimes, these traumas can influence others to become the best they can be, responding with kindness and humanity. Or freeze them in time, forever binding them to numbness or avoidance. Or perhaps even sway them to the other extreme, reacting with rage, fury and unyielding evil. THE NINTH SESSION will thrill you and chill you, but will ultimately ask you, dear reader, just what you would do in the face of an unwinnable moment. 

One last thing before I go, dear reader. I want you to know THE NINTH SESSION is currently in option review at Creative Arts Agency in Los Angeles, California. I wrote it with Sandra Bullock in mind. And once you finish reading, I know you’ll agree she’d be awesome as Dr. Alicia Reese.

Love,

Deborah Serani

Deborah Serani is an award-winning author and psychologist who has been in practice for thirty years. She is also a professor at Adelphi University and is a go-to media expert for psychological issues. Her interviews can be found in Newsday, Psychology Today, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Associated Press, and affiliate radio programs at CBS and NPR, among others. Dr. Serani has also been a technical advisor for the NBC television show, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The recurring character, Judge D. Serani, was named after her.

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About the Book:

Dr. Alicia Reese, a recent widow and a CODA – a child of Deaf Adults, takes on a new patient.

Lucas Ferro reveals the reason for his consultation is that he wasn't really open with his previous therapist. After gaining Reese’s trust, he shares aspects of his life that are clearly disturbing – experiences that create anxiety and panic, but also reveal horrifying psychopathology. Instead of referring Ferro elsewhere, Reese chooses to continue working with him, feeling reinvigorated by the challenge of his case.    

      

As sessions progress, and Ferro’s disclosures become more menacing, Reese finds herself wedged between the cold hard frame of professional ethics and the integrity of personal truth – and learns just how far she’s willing to go, willing to risk and willing to lose to do the right thing.

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