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What makes a family happy? Why do some marriages 'succeed' and
others end in divorce? How can we free ourselves from the legacy of
past mistakes and bring about positive change? Love, sex and
marriage and parenthood, depression and sadness, independence and
experience are just a few of the many issues explored in
conversation by family therapist Robin Skynner and his former
patient and comedian, John Cleese. Guiding us through the daily
issues that confront us all, FAMILIES AND HOW TO SURVIVE THEM
offers vital advice in helping each of us to maintain a happy,
healthy family life. Looking candidly at everything from our
relationships with our parents to why and how we choose our
partners, no emotional stone is left unturned: jealousy, rage,
fear, envy, love, obsession, hope and despair - all are
featured-with practical advice on how to turn round a negative
situation and bring about change for the better.
Brilliantly entertaining, enlightening and inspiring, Robin Skynner
and John Cleese take on the big issue: life, and the challenge of
living, in all its myriad forms. This book is an essential guide to
surviving life's ups and downs - at home or in the workplace, as a
member of a family or society. Presented in the same lively style
as the best-selling Families and How to Survive Them, Life extends
Skynner's and Cleese's study beyond the family to relationships and
group interaction in life outside it. The book deals with such
pithy issues as: -Why life gives you all the lessons you need -How
grief can be good for you -Why work is essential to our
psychological health -What mid-life crisis means for you We are all
searching for healthier, happier, more satisfying lives, but it's
the journey that matters, not the destination. Skynner and Cleese
are the perfect travelling companions.
Written in an unconventional dialogue form, this book explores the inner workings of the modern family, and the interactions between couples and their children.
S. H. Foulkes was the founder of the group analytic school of group
psychotherapy. This volume represents an introduction both to his
work, and to the developments based on it. Amongst the subjects
covered are the nature of the therapeutic process in the light of
recent research in child development, the relationship of group
analysis to psychoanalysis and the school of Lacan, and research
into the results of group therapy. Included are the first three
annual S. H. Foulkes lectures which explore his life, the
historical significance of his work, and his advances in
psychoanalysis, particularly in the realm of narcissism. Other
papers explore the influence of Foulkes's ideas in Europe, showing
how the systems of Jung and Freud can be integrated with group
analysis. The book includes a clear and illuminating exposition of
Foulkes's theories by Malcolm Pines.
A collection of essays which deal with a variety of aspects of
mental health. Different roles within the family are discussed, and
other topics covered include emotional dependency, marital
violence, sexual relationships, and specific problems such as
children who steal from their parents.
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