Title: Midwifery of the soul : a holistic perspective on psychoanalysis : collected papers of Margaret Arden.
Authors: Arden, Margaret.
Publisher: Free Association Books,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalytic Theory; Holism.; Psychoanalysis
Abstract: Margaret Arden became fascinated by the problem of the gap between theory and practice in psychoanalysis. In this text she demonstrates that there is such a thing as psychic truth that can be found in all religions as well as psychoanalysis.
Contents: Infinite sets and double binds -- Psychoanalysis and survival -- A concept of femininity : Sylvia Payne's 1935 paper reassessed -- The pattern which connects : a review of A new science of life by Rupert Sheldrake -- Freud and Jung -- Thoughts on the healing process -- Dreamwork beyond psychoanalysis -- Dreams, imagination and the self.