Rarely does a clinical psychologist share with the world the details of his own inner struggles and steps to recovery. Yet here is Dr Ron Farmer, who rose to prominence as the spokesperson heralding the arrival of behaviour therapy and sex therapy in Australia, humbly telling of his total nervous breakdown and subsequent exploration of some of life's great mysteries.

University academic, commune dweller, spiritual seeker, therapeutic innovator, education reformer—all of these roles provide the backdrop for an autobiographical saga which has as its central theme the perennial question of "Who am I?" Some will cry with the beauty of his prose; others will laugh at his stumbling innocence. Those who have read Rediscovering the True Self say that it is revelatory, inspiring, life-changing.