We all experience loneliness at some time in our lives, and it often motivates people, consciously or otherwise, to enter treatment. Yet it is rarely explicitly addressed in psychoanalytic literature. Loneliness and Longing rectifies this oversight by thoroughly exploring this painful psychological state. This book draws on both theory and practice to discuss ways to help people understand and cope with this important emotional state.
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- Explores loneliness in the consulting room
- Examines the relationship between loneliness and love
- Discusses the effects of social networking and the internet
- Analyses how loneliness changes throughout the life-cycle
- Addresses healing the analyst’s loneliness
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Contributors address the inner sense of loneliness – that is feeling alone even in the company of others – by drawing on different aspects of loneliness and longing. This will be ideal reading for analysts, psychotherapists, and related practitioners facing the challenges of loneliness in their consulting rooms.
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