The examined life : how we lose and find ourselves / Stephen Grosz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grosz, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Psychology.

Psychoanalysis--Case studies.

Psychology--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 225 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, 2013.

Summary:

In his work as a practicing psychoanalyst, the author has spent the last twenty-five years uncovering the hidden feelings behind the most baffling human behavior. This book distils more than 50,000 hours of conversation into pure psychological insight without the jargon. At its core, this book is about one ordinary process: talking, listening, and understanding. Its stories unveil a delicate self-portrait of the analyst at work and show how lessons learned in the consulting room can reveal as much to the analyst as to the patient.

Contents:

Beginnings. How we can be possessed by a story that cannot be told

On laughter

How praise can cause a loss of confidence

The gift of pain

A safe house

Telling lies. On secrets

On not being in a couple

A passion for ignorance

On intimacy

The bigger the front

Loving. At home

How paranoia can relieve suffering and prevent a catastrophe

On the recovery of lost feelings

Why parents envy their children

On wanting the impossible

On hate

How lovesickness keeps us from love

Changing. How a fear of loss can cause us to lose everything

How negativity prevents our surrender to love

On losing a wallet

A change in the family

Why we lurch from crisis to crisis

On being boring

On mourning the future

How anger can keep us from sadness

On being a patient

Going back

On bearing death

Leaving. Through silence

On closure

On waking from a dream.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221).

ISBN:

0393079546

9780393079548

OCLC:

828834151

Publisher Number:

99954773845