Layman is joined by Elliot Talenfeld to discuss his autobiographical novel, Through a Still Imperfect Lens, and to explore the concept of mutual therapy -- of authentic relationship as the field and fulcrum of psychospiritual development.  About the book:  In 1990, noted author and psychiatrist M. Scott Peck and attorney Elliot Talenfeld began what would become a decade-long correspondence. The two exchanged ideas about the practical and professional implications of Peck’s famous dictum, in The Road Less Traveled, that “any truly loving relationship is one of mutual psychotherapy.” Talenfeld and his therapist-wife had spent three years in an intentional, self-help community that practiced its own form of mutual therapy. After reviewing portions of a manuscript describing that experience, Peck encouraged Talenfeld to “continue to the end with writing this book, to which you quite obviously seem called.” (Peck passed away in 2005.) The result is a memoir that reads like a novel and serves as a case study on mutual therapy between a husband and a wife.   Elliot Talenfeld resides with his wife Carole in Phoenix, AZ. A former Clinical Law Professor and partner at a major law firm, he also holds a Master of Counseling degree and serves as a Cantor on the Jewish High Holidays.

http://www.stillimperfectlens.com/