This book will help the reader get to know their unconscious mind through a series of exercises. Results will serve all curious readers well, especially psychotherapists, writers, artists, actors and others working in the world of creativity. It is important for all of us to achieve a deeper understanding of who we are, with the satisfaction that commonly comes with that. Readers will be able to set free their hidden selves to direct their lives in new and satisfying directions.
Humans have a complex unconscious mind, containing vital information about who we are, who we were and where we are going. Sigmund Freud deserves the most credit for pointing systematically to channels of access. Today's neuroscience has tested these points of access and is suggesting new ones. This book introduces five well-established methods of gaining useful access to our unconscious mind.
The authors have taught the theory, science, and practice discussed in this book for over fifteen years at Stanford University to people of all ages, backgrounds, and interests. Having witnessed the growth of their students, they are confident about the positive contributions these exercises make to psychotherapy, creative work, and the sheer enjoyment of new horizons in our lives.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction -- Why pay attention to the unconscious? Famous artists as case studies: Rene Magritte, Artemisia Gentileschi, Georgia O'Keeffe, Egon Schiele, and Vincent van Gogh -- Neuroscience of the mind -- The role of psychometrics in the study of the unconscious: what are your personal preferences in resolving stress, conflict, and ambiguity? -- An easy start: memes, slips of the tongue and ear, and parapraxes -- Creativity and the unconscious: the objective correlative and the presence/hermeneutic dialectic -- Expressive writing and the motivational unconscious: recreating and reconstructing the richness of your life -- The royal road to the unconscious: dream analysis -- Epilogue -- Appendix
