This book: introduces, defines, and illustrates the major tenets of [the author's] theory and technique; discusses [her] means of fostering an optimistic attitude that strengthens therapy between therapist and the patient; demonstrates the special suitability and defectiveness o…
Who is Karen Horney and why are her psychoanalytic ideas so important in today's world of once-per-week dynamic psychotherapy? Horney was one of the first analysts to challenge basic Freudian assertions such as the psychoanalytic account of female development. She had a revoluti…
"Dr. Irving Solomon prepares practitioners to conduct Horneyan therapy and successfully treat character disorder, the most common dysfunction of our time. Dr. Solomon presents, in a concise and organized fashion, Karen Horney's ideas regarding character psychopathology, accompan…