Divine therapy : love, mysticism, and psychoanalysis
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Divine therapy : love, mysticism, and psychoanalysis
（Oxford medical publications）
Oxford University Press, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Many debate whether religion is good for our health. Starting with this question, Janet Sayers, author of Mothering Psychoanalysis and Freudian Tales, provides a fascinating account of today's psychotherapy.
Divine Therapy is told through love stories. They highlight the risks and healing transformations of what some call 'at-one-ment' with another in love, mysticism, art and psychoanalysis. Sayers movingly explores this by drawing on the philosophical and psychological writings of William James, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Sabina Spielrein, Simone Weil, Erich Fromm, Paul Tillich, Viktor Frankl, Melanie Klein, Adrian Stokes, Marion Milner and Donald Winnicott. She ends with one of the
major figures of current psychoanalysis, Wilfred Bion, and with the insights of his followers, notably Christopher Bollas, Neville Symington and Julia Kristeva.
Illustrated with love letters, pictures, biographical details and case histories, Divine Therapy tells an intriguing chronicle of science, religion and therapy that also constitutes an engaging overview for students, specialists and general readers alike.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. William James: Divided Self
- 2. Sigmund Freud: Freeing Love
- 3. Carl Jung: Transforming Libido
- 4. Simone Weil: Awaiting God
- 5. Erich Fromm: Humanist Buddhism
- 6. Paul Tillich: Being Accepted
- 7. Viktor Frankl: Logotherapy
- 8. Melanie Klein: Healing Grace
- 9. Marion Milner: Recovering Mysticism
- 10. Donald Winnicott: Transitional Transcendence
- 11. Wilfred Bion: Transforming At-one-ment
- 12. Julia Kristeva: Mothering Holiness
- Conclusion
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