Fear : a dark shadow across our life span /

Fear : a dark shadow across our life span /

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Imprint:	London [England] : Karnac, 2014. ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 246 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Fear -- Psychological aspects. Fear -- Social aspects. Fear -- psychology. Anxiety -- psychology. Anxiety -- therapy. Phobic Disorders -- psychology. Phobic Disorders -- therapy. Psychoanalytic Therapy. Fear -- Psychological aspects. Fear -- Social aspects. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11225865

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Other authors / contributors:	Akhtar, Salman, 1946 July 31- editor.
ISBN:	9781782412052 1782412050 9781782200680 1782200681 9781306531146 1306531144
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 07, 2014).
Summary:	Beginning with Freud's celebrated case of Little Hans, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists have been intrigued with the topic of fear. Eclipsed in theoretical writings by the term 'anxiety', fear remains a pervasive expression in day to day clinical work. Patients constantly talk about it. One implores that we cure him of his fear of dogs. Another offers the fear of aloneness as the rationale of her staying in a bad marriage. Yet another avoids all athletic activity due to the fear of physical injury. And a fourth one lives in utter denial of passing time to avoid facing his fear of death. Desp.
Other form:	Print version: Fear : a dark shadow across our life span. London, [England] : Karnac, ©2014 xviii, 246 pages 9781782200680

Table of Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER ONE Fear, phobia, and cowardice; SIX MAIN FEARS OFOUR LIVES; CHAPTER TWO Fear of breakdown; CHAPTER THREE Fear of aloneness; CHAPTER FOUR Fear of intimacy; CHAPTER FIVE Fear of injury; CHAPTER SIX Fear of success; CHAPTER SEVEN Fear of death; EPILOGUE; CHAPTER EIGHT Fear across the life span; REFERENCES; INDEX.