1st Edition

Being Lived by My Life A Sort of Autobiography

By Charles Berg Copyright 1957
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1957, this book was a new departure in autobiographies. It is both enlightening and entertaining. There is a happy blending of narrative, reflection and occasional extracts from case histories which gives it a delightfully human character. But it is more than this. It is a story of the profound inward adventure of an exceptionally inquiring mind. From childhood to... Read more

1. Holiday in Polzeath  2. Genesis  3. School and Neuralgia  4. Winifred in Wales  5. Winifred in Hampstead  6. Medical School  7. Play  8. 1914  9. India and Maternity  10. General Practice  11. Psychogenesis  12. Analysis  13. Love and Marriage  14. Becoming an Analyst  15. The Mental Hospital  16. The Patients  17. The Psychology of Love  18. Happiness and Relaxation.  Glossary.

Biography

Charles Berg (1892-1957)

For the original publication:

‘I found the book light, stimulating and enjoyable – as no doubt it was intended to be … it is only a pity that more analysts can’t let their hair down so amusingly.’ – Sunday Times