ABSTRACT

Everyone experiences "bad" feelings - guilt, shame, humiliation, envy and more. Yet despite the fact that such emotions are a common occurrence, these painful feelings are often labelled as wrong, a moralistic determination that can complicate existing problems in the individual's emotional life. Through careful research and assessment of psychoanalytical methods, this book offers a new understanding of how painful emotional states can find relief through the talking cure.

chapter 1|12 pages

A Joyless Life

chapter 2|24 pages

Disappointment and Disappointedness

chapter 5|22 pages

The Psychotherapist’s Absence

chapter 6|18 pages

Defenses Against Goodness

chapter |2 pages

Afterword