Can psychoanalysis help people control their destinies? Using
empirical evidence from neuroscience, Lucy Holmes makes a powerful
argument that it can. This book considers the various ways in which
destiny is linked to the repetition compulsion, and how free
association in psychoanalysis can literally change the mind in ways
that can help people reshape and take control of the future.
Freud's psychoanalysis is revealed here to be startlingly modern in
its consonance with the latest findings in the study of the brain.
The compulsion to repeat can propel human beings toward destinies
they would never have consciously chosen. The tenacity of this
human tendency can inhibit our ability to meet life's challenges.
These challenges include our gender; an inability to master the
complexities of loving and the strains of marriage; fears regarding
the impertinence of being successful; the unconscious, reptilian
pleasure we derive from going to war and raping the planet; and the
inexorable decline and decay of our mortal flesh. This book argues
that the evolved talking that occurs in the psychoanalytic process
can change the chemistry and structure of the brain in a way that
helps the talker face these challenges and take charge of his or
her own destiny. The author presents a cogent hypothesis spanning
brain and mind to clarify how the basic rule of psychoanalysis -
"just say everything" - can actually cure. This will appeal to
mental health professionals such as psychoanalysts and
psychotherapists, and students at the post-graduate level, as well
as the general interested reader.
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