{"product_id":"neurosis-and-human-growth-the-struggle-towards-self-realization-9780393307757","title":"Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization","description":"\u003cp\u003eKaren Horney was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1885 and studied at the University of Berlin, receiving her medical degree in 1913. From 1914 to 1918 she studied psychiatry at Berlin-Lankwitz, Germany, and from 1918 to 1932 taught at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute. She participated in many international congresses, among them the historic discussion of lay analysis, chaired by Sigmund Freud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Horney came to the United States in 1932 and for two years was Associate Director of the Psychoanalytic Institute, Chicago. In 1934 she came to New York and was a member of the teaching staff of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute until 1941, when she became one of the founders of the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis and the American Institute for Psychoanalysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNeurosis and Human Growth\u003c\/em\u003e, Dr. Horney discusses the neurotic process as a special form of the human development, the antithesis of healthy growth. She unfolds the different stages of this situation, describing neurotic claims, the tyranny or inner dictates and the neurotic's solutions for relieving the tensions of conflict in such emotional attitudes as domination, self-effacement, dependency, or resignation. Throughout, she outlines with penetrating insight the forces that work for and against the person's realization of his or her potentialities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 40th Anniversary Edition includes a new preface by Stephanie Steinfeld, Ph.D., and Jeffrey Rubin, M.D., of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorney, Karen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eKaren Horney\u003c\/strong\u003e (1885-1952) was one of the most influential psychoanalysts of the twentieth century. Her books include \u003ci\u003eNeurosis and Human Growth, The Neurotic Personality of Our Time, New Ways in Psychoanalysis, Our Inner Conflicts, Self-Analysis, Feminine Psychology, Final Lectures\u003c\/i\u003e, and, as editor, \u003ci\u003eAre You Considering Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e?","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410885742866,"sku":"9780393307757","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7cf33c1f-daa4-40c4-82e1-34e7dfdab0ff.jpg?v=1729309198","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/neurosis-and-human-growth-the-struggle-towards-self-realization-9780393307757","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}