ABSTRACT

In Neurosis and Human Growth, Dr. Horney discusses the neurotic process as a special form of the human development, the antithesis of healthy growth. She unfolds the different stages of this situation, describing neurotic claims, the tyranny or inner dictates and the neurotic's solutions for relieving the tensions of conflict in such emotional attitudes as domination, self-effacement, dependency, or resignation. Throughout, she outlines with penetrating insight the forces that work for and against the person's realization of his or her potentialities.

First Published in 1950. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter |4 pages

A Morality of Evolution

chapter |23 pages

The Search for Glory

chapter |24 pages

Neurotic Claims

chapter |22 pages

The Tyranny of the Should

chapter |24 pages

Neurotic Pride

chapter |45 pages

Self-Hate and Self-Contempt

chapter |21 pages

Alienation from Self

chapter |11 pages

General Measures to Relieve Tension

chapter |27 pages

The Expansive Solutions

The Appeal of Mastery

chapter |25 pages

The Self-Effacing Solution

The Appeal of Love

chapter |20 pages

Morbid Dependency

chapter |32 pages

Resignation

The Appeal of Freedom

chapter |24 pages

Neurotic Disturbances in Work1

chapter |33 pages

The Road of Psychoanalytic Therapy

chapter |13 pages

Theoretical Considerations