You only have to say ‘Pammy’ to a counsellor and they will know exactly who you are talking about. It’s why I pounced on  Living with ‘The Gloria Films’ by Pamela J Burry.

At some point in every counsellor’s training, they will be shown ‘The Gloria Films’. In the films, newly-divorced mother, Gloria, has three psychotherapy sessions with celebrated therapists – Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis and Fritz Perls – and each gives their response to what was most troubling Gloria at that time – dating and fielding questions about her sex life from her then nine-year-old daughter, Pammy. Continue reading →