The taming of solitude

Separation anxiety in Psychoanalysis
foreword by Hanna Segal - Translated by Philip Slotkin

Psychoanalysts would argue that at the root of anxiety about loneliness, which commonly brings people into analysis, lies anxiety about separation, unresolved since childhood.

Jean-Michel Quinodoz presents a comprehensive approach to the experience of loneliness, a universal phenomenon which can be observed in everyday life and in any therapeutic situation. When re-experienced in analysis, the painful awareness of solitude - the sense of being a separate person - can become a rich source of personal creativity.

Published by: Routledge
Series: The New Library of Psychoanalysis (1993) - Pages: 224
ISBN: 978-0-415-09154-1