Horney & Humanistic Psychoanalysis

Bernard J. Paris

[This is a revised version of the chapter on Karen Horney that appeared in Personality and Personal Growth, fourth edition, edited by Robert Frager and James Fadiman, Longman, 1998. It incorporates the expanded section on “The Process of Psychotherapy” that appears in the fifth edition, and it omits various learning aids and “sides” (pertinent quotations in the margins) that are part of the published text.]

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Chapter Contents

Introduction

Personal History of Karen Horney

Intellectual Antecedents

Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis | Alfred Adler | Other Intellectual Influences

Major Concepts

Feminine Psychology | Horney’s New Paradigm | Horney’s Mature Theory | Dynamics

Process of Psychotherapy

Non-Clinical Applications of Horney

Literary Study | Psychobiography | Cultural Study | Gender Study

Evaluation

Conclusion

Annotated Bibliography

References

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