Subpersonalities: The People Inside Us - Hardcover

Rowan, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 113812950X ISBN 13: 9781138129504

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

We all have had the experience of being divided, of being in two minds' about something - one part of us wants to do this, another wants to do that. Subpersonalities is the first book to do justice to the phenomenon as a normal feature of our psychological life. John Rowan argues that we all have a number of personalities that express themselves in different situations and that by recognising them we can come to understand ourselves better and improve our relationships with others. Anyone reading this book will run the risk of making quite new discoveries about themselves. In looking at where subpersonalities come from, John Rowan explores the work of psychologists and psychotherapists, from Jung and Freud onwards, and adds insights gained from his own work as a therapist and counsellor. He relates the journey of discovery that he himself undertook in search of his own subpersonalities. The result is a fascinating book that challenges our accepted view of ourselves and provides an intriguing picture of how human beings work and why communication between them so often goes wrong. Subpersonalties is a book for anyone interested in their own personality and how it helps or hinders their everyday life.

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Review:

"Here is one of those rare books which really can help the reader to know differently, and more comprehensively, himself or herself as well as other people." -"New Scientist

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 113812950X
• ISBN 13: 9781138129504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256