| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 192 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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UKCP series
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UKCP Karnac series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Much has been written about the function of falling in love in the course of therapy itself. This book has a much broader aim. Deirdre Johnson, a Jungian analyst and psychotherapy trainer, uses her teaching and clinical experience to illuminate the whole range of this near universal human experience. How, and why, does falling in love affect us so profoundly? How can it enhance who we are, or must it ultimately fade without lasting value? Johnson argues that the many valuable studies by psychoanalysts, relational psychologists, anthropologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers have all made va. |
| Contents |
COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE: A note on confidentiality; Introduction; PART I: A QUEST FOR MEANING:THE DIFFERENT NARRATIVES TO DESCRIBE THE PHENOMENON OF FALLING IN LOVE -- (A) What we have been: the first love affair; CHAPTER ONE: The psychoanalytic discourse: emphasizing the intrapersonal; CHAPTER TWO: The relational psychologies discourse: including the interpersonal; PART I -- (B) What we are: embodied beings; CHAPTER THREE: The scientific discourse; PART I -- (C) What we may be: individuation; CHAPTER FOUR: The teleological discourse. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Love -- Psychological aspects.
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Love -- Psychological aspects. |
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Love. |
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Love -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Love -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Love. |
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Psychoanalytic Theory. |
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Interpersonal Relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnson, Deirdre. Love: bondage or liberation? London : Karnac Books, 2010 9781855755109 (OCoLC)609538765 |
| ISBN |
9781849407618 (electronic book) |
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1849407614 (electronic book) |
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9781855755109 |
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1855755106 |
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