1st Edition

Sports on the Couch

By Ricardo A. Rubinstein Copyright 2017
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Bringing together concepts from psychoanalysis with an attentive eye and the author's popular wisdom, Sports on the Couch explores the psychology of athletes and those around them. As a product of our culture, sport enables a break for our minds, since it allows us to disconnect from internal as well as external realities. We immerse ourselves in the world of play, managing to let out tensions... Read more
Foreword -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Culture and sport -- Movement -- Play -- Competition -- Transference -- Pressures -- Ideals -- Injuries

Biography

A. Rubinstein, Ricardo