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We are driven by fear to reach ever more extreme levels of comfort and safety, but in doing so, we embed fear into our culture, create new sorts of dangers, isolate ourselves from one another, and distance ourselves from the very sources of our own imaginative vitality. This book aims to break us free from this trap of our own making
About the author
Dr. Frank Faranda earned his master’s degree in developmental psychology and education from Columbia University, Teacher’s College, and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Derner Institute at Adelphi University. He was awarded postdoctoral fellowships from New York University’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, where he trained in neuropsychological testing and cognitive remediation. Over the last several years he has published academic articles, guest-edited two themed journal issues for Psychoanalytic Inquiry, and taught at The New School.
He is a clinical psychologist with fifteen years of experience in private practice.
Summary
We are driven by fear to reach ever more extreme levels of comfort and safety, but in doing so, we embed fear into our culture, create new sorts of dangers, isolate ourselves from one another, and distance ourselves from the very sources of our own imaginative vitality. This book aims to break us free from this trap of our own making
Foreword
- The author is a clinical psychologist with fifteen years of experience in private practice.
- He has particular expertise in attachment theory, Jungian analysis, psychoanalysis, and “parts work.”
- Has published papers in Psychoanalytic Inquiry and the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.
- Over the last several years he has published academic articles on mind, metaphor, and imagination in preparation for this book, and has also guest-edited two themed journal issues for Psychoanalytic Inquiry, one of the top journals on the theory and practice of psychotherapy.
