Fear a dark shadow across our life span

Beginning with Freud's celebrated case of Little Hans, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists have been intrigued with the topic of fear. Eclipsed in theoretical writings by the term 'anxiety', fear remains a pervasive expression in day to day clinical work. Patients constantly talk abou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Akhtar, Salman, 1946 July 31- author (author), Akhtar, Salman, 1946 July 31- editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis [2018].
Edición:1st ed
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Sumario:Beginning with Freud's celebrated case of Little Hans, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists have been intrigued with the topic of fear. Eclipsed in theoretical writings by the term 'anxiety', fear remains a pervasive expression in day to day clinical work. Patients constantly talk about it. One implores that we cure him of his fear of dogs. Another offers the fear of aloneness as the rationale of her staying in a bad marriage. Yet another avoids all athletic activity due to the fear of physical injury. And a fourth one lives in utter denial of passing time to avoid facing his fear of death. Despite its ubiquitous presence, fear has received little direct attention in psychoanalytic literature. This book aims to fill this lacuna. It explicates various intensities of fear, e.g. apprehension, dread, panic, and terror. It delineates the boundaries between fear and anxiety and demonstrates how phobic states constitute an admixture of these two emotions.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (265 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780429913617
9780429896923
9780429474613
9781782412052