The Force of Fantasy

its Roles, its Benefits and What it Reveals About Our Lives

Ethel S. Person (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

1997
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-638756-5 (ISBN)

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An eminent psychiatarist unravels the meaning and purpose of fantasies (which we all have, even if we don’t realize it) and shows how they are vital to our emotional and psychological wellbeing

Do we mean it if we fantasize about killing our boss/husband/mother?
Do the fantasies of a woman differ from those of a man?
What are sexual fantasies really about?
Do the fantasies we enact as a child prefigure the career we will adopt as an adult?
Is it useful to dream about winning a million pounds?

Draws on fascinating case histories to explore all the different kinds of fantasies we have
– romantic fantasies
– dreams of fame
– fantasies about power
– sexual fantasies
– career fantasies
– heroic fantasies etc.
and shows how they influence our behaviour, reveal our secret hopes and fears and help us transform our lives if we’re not happy.

Ethel S. Person is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Columbia University Research Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is the author of Dreams of Love and Fateful Encounters, among other titles. She lives in New York City, USA.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.8.1997
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	194 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
ISBN-10	0-00-638756-X / 000638756X
ISBN-13	978-0-00-638756-5 / 9780006387565
Zustand	Neuware