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Christopher Bollas - Being a Character - 9780415088152 - V9780415088152
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Being a Character

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Description for Being a Character Paperback. Taking Freud's model of dreamwork as a model for all unconscious thinking, Bollas argues that we dreamwork ourselves into becoming who we are. He illustrates how patient and analyst can use such unconscious processes to alter self experience. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMTD; MMH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.

Each person invests many of the objects in his life with his or her own unconscious meaning, each person subsequently voyages through an environment that constantly evokes the self's psychic history. Taking Freud's model of dreamwork as a model for all unconscious thinking, Christopher Bollas argues that we dreamwork ourselves into becoming who we are, and illustrates how the analyst and the patient use such unconscious processes to develop new psychic structures that the patient can use to alter his or her self experience. Building on this foundation, he goes on to describe some very special forms of self experience, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
462g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415088152
SKU
V9780415088152
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

Reviews for Being a Character
`Being a Character explores the subject of self-knowledge and the individuals' construction of meaning in their lives. It is always stimulating, particularly through the author's use of his own self-experience. This book is well worth reading by anyone involved in psychotherapy or related work. Indeed, it could fruitfully be read by a much wider audience.' - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy `... ... Read more

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