num_pages: 250
description: Unlike Freud, Horney does not regard neurosis as rooted in instinct. In her words, her theory is constructive because "it allows us for the first time to tackle and resolve neurotic hopelessness. . . . Neurotic conflicts cannot be resolved by rational decision. . . . But [they] can be resolved by changing the conditions within the personality that brought them into being."
language: English
title: Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis
titlecomplete: Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis
genres: Counselling, Self Help, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, Mental Health, Psychology, Science, Psychiatry, Nonfiction, Theory
ratings_count: 1860
publisher: W. W. Norton  Company