The Cry for Myth (Paperback)

It happens almost daily in a therapist's office. A patient, recalling a person, an event, an emotion, quite unexpectedly supplies a link from a life in the present to one of the durable myths of our culture. In this moment, the myth becomes a mirror, revealing to the patient the source of disturbance and pain in a pattern of behavior that often stretches a year or longer. The healing process begins. The myth, "eternity breaking into time" in Rollo Mays's words, becomes the focal point of recovery. Through tracing myths - whether from classical Greece and Dante's Middle Ages, European legend (Faust and the prototype of Sleeping Beauty), or contemporary American life (Jay Gatsby) -- and relating them to the dreams and associations he encounters in his own practice, Dr. May provides meaning and structure for all who seek direction in a morally confusing world. In this, perhaps the finest achievement of a great therapist, Rollo May writes with "the grace, wit, and style: for which he recently received the Gold Medal of the American Psychological Society.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2007
First published:	May 1991
Authors:	Rollo May
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-33177-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-393-33177-6
Barcode:	9780393331776

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