What Women Want - Conversations on Desire, Power, Love and Growth

Informationen zum Autor Maxine Mei-Fung Chung Klappentext 'Full of wisdom and insight ... I cannot recommend it enough' Julia Samuel 'Brilliant' Katy Hessel 'Fascinating ... a valuable contribution to a wider debate about how women are permitted to own and express their desires ' Guardian From a young bride-to-be struggling to accept her sexuality, to a mother grappling with questions of identity and belonging, and a pensioner falling in love for the first time, What Women Want is an enthralling and deeply intimate examination of womanhood. With empathy and bravery, psychotherapist Maxine Mei-Fung Chung delves into what makes us who we are. Through her conversations with her patients, she lays bare our fears, our secrets, our wants, and ultimately, our capacity for healing. To desire is an action. This extraordinary book liberates and empowers us to claim what we truly want. Zusammenfassung 'Full of wisdom and insight ... I cannot recommend it enough' Julia Samuel 'Brilliant' Katy Hessel 'Fascinating ... a valuable contribution to a wider debate about how women are permitted to own and express their desires ' Guardian From a young bride-to-be struggling to accept her sexuality, to a mother grappling with questions of identity and belonging, and a pensioner falling in love for the first time, What Women Want is an enthralling and deeply intimate examination of womanhood. With empathy and bravery, psychotherapist Maxine Mei-Fung Chung delves into what makes us who we are. Through her conversations with her patients, she lays bare our fears, our secrets, our wants, and ultimately, our capacity for healing. To desire is an action. This extraordinary book liberates and empowers us to claim what we truly want.

Product details

• Authors: Maxine Mei-Fung Chung, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.02.2024
• EAN: 9781529156072
• ISBN: 978-1-5291-5607-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, Popular psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Women’s health, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Psychology of gender, PSYCHOLOGY / Essays