{"product_id":"the-abandoned-child-within-on-losing-and-regaining-selfworth-9780880642033","title":"The Abandoned Child Within: On Losing and Regaining Self-Worth","description":"\u003cp\u003eLack of self-worth is an affliction that has become of increasing concern in all industrialized societies. It is the main symptom of what psychiatry calls narcissistic disturbance  a phenomenon far more widespread than it was when Freud and Jung developed their concepts of depth psychology. The lack of commonly held values has contributed to it  but is not its cause. In this in-depth examination  Kathrin Asper  a noted psychotherapist and president of the Swiss Society for Analytical Psychology  addresses the real cause: lack of self-worth as a direct consequence of physical or emotional abandonment during childhood. The wounded inner child lives on in the adult  expressing himself in such symptoms as fear of abandonment  lack of feeling  grandiosity and depression  insufficient awareness of ones own life  disproportionate rage  and unclear needs. However  those suffering from a lack of self-worth tend to forget the early-life incidents that hurt their inner self: the child within suffers  but is mute. To heal the early wounds  we have to get in touch with the inner child and make her talk. In The Abandoned Child Within  Dr. Asper shows how this is accomplished. Using concrete case histories from her own practice  paintings by patients  dreams  fairy tales  and myths  she vividly describes the consequences of abandonment  and ways to unleash the creative powers of the unconscious  which can initiate a healing transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276848816181,"sku":"ByrdShop_0880642033","price":241.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780880642033.jpg?v=1780565519","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-abandoned-child-within-on-losing-and-regaining-selfworth-9780880642033","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}