Description
Why are emotions so vital to living our best life? How do psychoanalytic ideas shed light on this? What are the key things we really need to know about feelings? What is the difference between emotions, affects, and feelings?
Emotions are at the heart of psychotherapy, indeed of all relationships, and of life in general. Using examples from the consulting room and everyday life, Music shows how emotional decision-making is often unconscious, how early experiences influence later attachment relationships, and how the body is the seat of emotions. We learn about the effects of both trauma and neglect on emotional capacities, why some people seem to feel too much, others too little, and we see the negative effects of feelings being disowned, repressed, projected, and defended against.
This small volume is a fully revised and updated edition of a book first published by the Freud Museum. It illustrates how psychoanalytic insights get to the heart of our emotional and affective lives. The central message is that a good understanding of emotions enables us to tolerate a broader range of experiences, both positive and negative, and enhances our capacity to live fuller and richer lives.
Dr. Graham Music is Consultant Child psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic in London, an adult therapist in private practice, an author and public speaker
Details
Publisher - Mind-Nurturing books
Author(s) - Graham Music
Paperback
Published Date - August 15 2024
ISBN - 9781739814748
Dimensions - 20.3 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 102
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