Attached by Poison Ivy: A Psychological Understanding - Couverture souple

Ulanov, Ann Belford

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0892540583 ISBN 13 : 9780892540587

Editeur : Hay House Inc, 2001

Synopsis

Jungian analyst Ann Ulanov's latest book springs from a question posed to her by an analysand curious about the author's repetitive bouts of poison ivy. Himself an analyst she writes he wondered if I had ever asked myself what my attacks of poison ivy meant. His question struck me like a wooden mallet on my forehead. I was stunned. Thus begins this insightful and beautifully written account of the author's decade-long journey to uncover the origin of and find meaning and healing from fifty years of suffering from chronic poison ivy allergy. By raising the possibility that poison ivy a noisome contact allergy can also be located within psychosomatic phenomena the author's premise is straightforward: the psyche will often make use of the body in the form of such repetitive poison ivy outbreaks to communicate dissociated emotional experiences. Piecing together a poignant narrative of familial and personal neglect - coupled with growing awareness of her own kinship with the poison ivy plant itself a plant that blooms in neglect that is never cared for except to exterminate it - Ann Ulanov renders bare her own process of discovering and integrating the dissociated unmirrored experiences of her life that had lived itself over and again through painful bodily paroxysms. Those familiar with Ulanov's other books will immediately recognize and appreciate her clarity and ease of expression. There is much to chew on here especially that which concerns the psychological meaning of physical symptoms. Followingher own example this book is a call to enter into conversation with the deeper parts of ourselves which like poison ivy are often untended and rejected. This is work initiated by analysis and continued through our own dialoguing with dreams and imagination in a way that is profoundly spiritual. We do this the author writes in order to build up a sturdiness to receive in ourselves what has been there from the beginning.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hay House Inc
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0892540583
• ISBN 13: 9780892540587
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible