Wounded healers : tribulations and triumphs of pioneering psychotherapists /

Freud was addicted to cocaine and nicotine, Jung was psychotic for several years, and Margaret Mead remained closeted throughout her lifetime. Yet, adversities notwithstanding, they all made monumental contributions that still shape our view on ourselves and the world. This book includes biographies...

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Main Author: Lin, Keh-Ming, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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Summary:Freud was addicted to cocaine and nicotine, Jung was psychotic for several years, and Margaret Mead remained closeted throughout her lifetime. Yet, adversities notwithstanding, they all made monumental contributions that still shape our view on ourselves and the world. This book includes biographies of fifteen modern explorers of the mind who altered the course of history. All of them were wounded healers who made great discoveries while struggling with traumatic life crises and emotional problems in their personal lives. Full of unexpected twists and turns, their life stories alone are worthy of our attention. In linking their maladies with their creativity, showing the vulnerable and human side of these giants, this book makes the greats approachable and illuminates their scientific findings through narrating their life stories.
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2020).
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:9781108801164 (ebook)