1st Edition
Love: Bondage or Liberation? A Psycholological Exploration of the Meaning, Values and Dangers of Falling in Love
By Deirdre Johnson
Copyright 2010
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface , Introduction , A Quest for Meaning: The Different Narratives to Describe the Phenomenon of Falling in Love , (A) What we have been: the first love affair , The psychoanalytic discourse: emphasizing the intrapersonal , The relational psychologies discourse: including the interpersonal , (B) What we are: embodied beings , The scientific discourse , (C) What we may be: individuation , The teleological discourse , The religious discourse , Love's Alchemy: Putting It All Together , Various dualisms and their synthesis , Holistic love: what difference does all of this make?
Biography
Deirdre Johnson
