John Wareham

The President's Therapist: and the Secret Intervention to Treat the Alcoholism of George W. Bush John Wareham

Truth may be stranger than fiction, but the lines are blurred in The President's Therapist, a riveting political thriller in which readers share an insider's portal into President George W. Bush's closet alcohol addiction, leadership travails, marital woes, and more, through the first-person account of the president's psychotherapist. The book delivers an eerily accurate portrayal of the 42nd president, as lead character psychotherapist Dr. Mark Alter attempts to help the failing president address his clandestine addiction to alcohol and reverse the course of the disastrous Iraq War. Along the way, Dr. Alter also engages in cathartic marriage counseling sessions with First Lady Laura Bush, and heated arguments with Vice President Dick Cheney and political strategist Karl Rove. The novel's uncanny realism stems from Wareham's lifetime of experience as confidential counselor to corporate leaders, and his meticulous research into the psyche of George W. Bush. Through Dr. Alter, Wareham presents balanced, authentic insights into perhaps the most tragic president in modern times, and shows precisely how his presidency might have been rescued. The President's Therapist chronicles a brilliantly original psychological journey, whose cliffhanger ending will satisfy mystery lovers, literary sophisticates, and political junkies from both sides of the aisle.