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Is The Dichotomy In 'La Femme Aux Deux Sourres'

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“La Femme aux Deux Sourires”, “The Woman with Two Smiles”, is an psychotherapeutic enquiry into the dichotomy that is the female psyche and the many extremes that affect thought, behavior and personalities as women. Yalom’s client Marie is so full of contradiction – she can be demure or verbose, alluring yet awkward, reserved but impulsive, pleasing yet profane, or angelic but wild. Marie’s husband passed away seven years ago, but she hasn’t been able to manage her grief adequately, her facial expression, imagination, her body and her sexuality were frozen, and she wept every night. She wasn’t an easy client to work with and adequate therapeutic relationship hasn’t been achieved. Despite being an exceptionally statuesque and presentable, she

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