From the Book - Twenty-fifth anniversary edition.
Neuroses and character disorders
Transference : the outdated map
The healthiness of depression
The myth of romantic love
More about ego boundaries
The risk of confrontation
The baby and the bath water
The miracle of the unconscious
The miracle of serendipity
The evolution of consciousness
Grace and mental illness : the myth of Orestes
From the Book - Twenty-fifth anniversary edition.
Introduction to the 25th anniversary ed.
I. Discipline : Problems and pain ; Delaying gratification ; The sins of the father ; Problem-solving and time ; Responsibility ; Neuroses and character disorders ; Escape from freedom ; Dedication to reality ; Transference: the outdated map ; Openness to challenge ; Withholding truth ; Balancing ; The healthiness of depression ; Renunciation and rebirth
II. Love : Love defined ; Falling in "love" ; The myth of romantic love ; More about ego boundaries ; Dependency ; Cathexis without love ; "Self-sacrifice" ; Love is not a feeling ; The work of attention ; The risk of loss ; The risk of independence ; The risk of commitment ; The risk of confrontation ; Love is disciplined ; Love is separateness ; Love and psychotherapy ; The mystery of love
III. Growth and religion : World views and religion ; The religion of science ; The case of Kathy ; The case of Marcia ; The case of Theodore ; The baby and the bath water ; Scientific tunnel vision
IV. Grace : The miracle of health ; The miracle of the unconscious ; The miracle of serendipity ; The definition of grace ; The miracle of evolution ; The alpha and the omega ; Entropy and original sin ; The problem of evil ; The evolution of consciousness ; The nature of power ; Grace and mental illness: the myth of Orestes ; Resistance to grace ; The welcoming of grace.
From the Book - Deluxe trade paperback edition.