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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
1 THE DRAMA OF THE GIFTED CHILD AND HOW WE BECAME PSYCHOTHERAPISTS
The Poor Rich Child
The Lost World of Feelings
In Search of the True Self
The Therapist’s History
The Golden Brain
2 DEPRESSION AND GRANDIOSITY: TWO RELATED FORMS OF DENIAL
The Vicissitudes of the Child’s Needs
Healthy Development
The Disturbance
The Illusion of Love
Grandiosity
Depression as the Reverse of Grandiosity
Depression as Denial of the Self
Depressive Phases During Therapy
Signal Function
Suppression of Essential Needs
The Accumulation of Strong, Hidden Feelings
Confronting the Parents
The Inner Prison
A Social Aspect of Depression
The Legend of Narcissus
3 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF CONTEMPT
Humiliation for the Child, Disrespect for the Weak, and Where It Goes from There
Working with Contempt in Therapy
Damaged Self-Articulation in the Compulsion to Repeat
Perpetuation of Contempt in Perversion and Obsessive Behavior
“Depravity” as “Evil” in Hermann Hesse’s Childhood World
The Mother as Society’s Agent During the First Years of Life
The Loneliness of the Contemptuous
Achieving Freedom from Contempt and Respecting Life
AFTERWORD
WORKS CITED
APPENDIX
INDEX
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