Mistrust - Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms

Developmental Cultural and Clinical Realms. A collection of essays written specifically for this volume, it deals with the ontogenesis, psychopathology, cultural vicissitudes, and technical implications of trust and mistrust. Humans are weak. Lacking the claws and thick skins of other animals, we are forced to rely on members of our own species to survive and flourish in the world.

List of contents

Introduction , Developmental Realm , The development of trust and mistrust in childhood , Mistrust in adolescence , Mistrust, suspiciousness, and paranoia in adulthood , Cultural Realm , Governments and public trust , In Shakespeare do we trust? , Trust Hollywood! , Clinical Realm , Trust, faith, and transcendence , Trust and mistrust in the clinical setting , Mistrusting the analyst , A child’s struggle with trusting his analyst , Trust and mistrust in psychoanalytic work with couples

About the author

Salman Akhtar

Summary

A collection of essays written specifically for this volume, it deals with the ontogenesis, psychopathology, cultural vicissitudes, and technical implications of trust and mistrust. Humans are weak. Lacking the claws and thick skins of other animals, we are forced to rely on members of our own species to survive and flourish in the world.

Product details

• Authors: Salman Akhtar
• Assisted by: Salman Akhtar (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367104160
• ISBN: 978-0-367-10416-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis