I Shop Therefore I Am

Compulsive buying is a serious often secretive affliction with profound emotional social occupational and financial consequences. As many as a quarter of us have problems with buying and studies suggest that between one and six percent of the population are full-fledged compulsive buyers. <I>I ShopTherefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and the Search for Self</I> brings together for the first time the most important thinking about this disorder. As more and more therapists encounter compulsive buying (whether as a presenting problem or revealed in the course of ongoing therapy) the need for an in-depth clinical understanding of the disorder has grown. Dr. Benson has responded admirably to that need with a practical comprehensive and wonderfully readable work. <I>A Jason Aronson Book</I>