Beyond the Frustrated Self: Overcoming Avoidant Patterns and Opening to Life - Brossura

Dowds, Barbara

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1782200525 ISBN 13: 9781782200529

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2014

Riassunto

This book foregrounds the life struggles of an individual, Brenda, in such a way that argument and theoretical exploration arise organically out of experience. The "frustration" of the title is traced to avoidant attachment - pretending not to need others. In Brenda this is associated with a body-energy pattern that is both over-charged and over-contained, generating a self-frustrating process. Such a repressive defence works against her, so that she experiences her life as dry, soulless, and uncreative. A variety of existential difficulties are traced to how such core developmental issues interact with our socio-cultural environment. A way forward is outlined: play and finding meaning are identified as transformational hubs that bring wellbeing into Brenda's life and restore her capacity for experiencing.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Barbara Dowds

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1782200525
• ISBN 13: 9781782200529
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania