Mindscapes - The Psyche in the Landscape

This book explores the links between the psyche and the landscape-on the continuum that runs from our mental world inside to our surrounding world outside. Our sense of self is shaped by our environment, while it also helps to create the environment we perceive.

List of contents

0. Evocation 1. Human flourishing 2. Psychoanalytic spaces 3. Being in the world 4. Pockets full of butterflies 5. Neuroaesthetic landscapes 6. Face and landscape ("that's where I would like to live") 7. Amor loci 8. Close your eyes and you'll see 9. This landscape is my father 10. Reverberation 11. The therapist as gardener 12. Dis-oriented 13. Invisible landscape 14. Farewell

About the author

Vittorio Lingiardi is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and Full Professor at Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. The co-author of the prize-winning Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, he has won numerous other prizes-most recently the prestigious Sigourney Award. He has published several books and he writes regularly for the leading culture magazines in Italy.

Summary

This book explores the links between the psyche and the landscape—on the continuum that runs from our mental world inside to our surrounding world outside. Our sense of self is shaped by our environment, while it also helps to create the environment we perceive.

Product details

• Authors: Vittorio Lingiardi, Lingiardi Vittorio
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032181257
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3218125-7
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Psychological Issues
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama), Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Creative therapy / Expressive therapies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis