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The act of living : what the great psychologists can teach us about surviving discontent in an age of anxiety / Frank Tallis.
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The act of living : what the great psychologists can teach us about surviving discontent in an age of anxiety / Frank Tallis.
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London : Little, Brown, 2021.
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343 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Talking: leaving the silent theater -- 2. Security: primal needs -- 3. Insight: the heart has its reasons -- 4. Distortion: warped mirrors -- 5. Identity: the divided self -- 6 Narrative: life story -- 7. Narcissism: gazing into the pond -- 8. Sex: mortal vehicles -- 9. Inferiority: the consolations of inadequacy -- 10. Wants: the acquisition trap -- 11. Adversity: rooted sorrows -- 12. Meaning: reasons to exist -- 13. Acceptance: a flower that blossoms only for a single night.
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THE ACT OF LIVING treats psychotherapy as a single, cohesive philosophical tradition. It synthesises the thinking of the principal figures in the history of psychotherapy (e.g. Freud, Jung, Adler, Frankl, Rogers, Fromm, Ellis and Laing) with a view to providing the reader with an accessible and practical guide to optimal living.
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Self-realization
Happiness
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Psychotherapy -- History
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Happiness
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Psychotherapy -- History
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Self-actualization (Psychology)
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Self-realization
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Contentment
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Emotions
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Joy
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Mental health
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Pleasure
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Humanistic psychology
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Mental health
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Motivation (Psychology)
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