Neurosis and human growth : the struggle toward self-realization

In [this text, the author] discusses the neurotic process as a special form of human development, the antithesis of healthy growth. She unfolds the different stages of these situations, describing neurotic claims, the tyranny of inner dictates, and the neurotic's solutions for relieving the tensions of conflict in such emotional attitudes as domination, self-effacement, dependency, or resignation. Throughout, she outlines with penetrating insight the forces that work for and against the person's realization of his or her potentialities.-Back cover.