Bøker av Karen Horney

One of the most original psychoanalysts after Freud, Karen Horney pioneered such now familiar concepts as alienation, self-realization, and the idealized image, and she brought to psychoanalysis a new understanding of the importance of culture and environment.

Here Karen Horney develops a dynamic theory of neurosis centered on the basic conflict among attitudes of "moving forward" "moving against," and "moving away from" people.

This book presents the lectures Karen Horney gave her class on psychoanalytic technique during the last year of her life.

In OUR INNER CONFLICTS, Karen Horney develops a dynamic theory of neurosis centered on the basic conflict among attitudes of "moving toward, "moving against", and "moving away from" people. Karen Horney has been called one of the most original psychoanalysts after Freud.

This volume of essays provides a record of Karen Horney's ideas about the therapeutic process. She discusses countertransference phenomena and the ways in which a therapist's personality can influence the healing process, and offers advice based on her own experience.

As a psychoanalytic pioneer, Karen Horney questioned some of Freud's formulations of psychosexual development, particularly in relation to women.

In this work, Karen Horney explores the basic structure of neuroses in the context of their cultural assumptions.

This text sets forth a model for the origin and structure of neurosis. It describes the ways that neuroses function as a peculiar struggle for life under adverse conditions - and how psychotherapy can help people free themselves from maladaptive ideas and behaviour.

In this book, Dr. Horney discusses the possibilities of self-analysis-to what extent individuals can use the techniques of psychoanalysis on their own to solve problems.