Self-Analysis

A very hard read but worth it! There's so much insight and step by step self analysis! Def recommend it to all shoppers!!

I missed reading this book during my social work training and then forgot about it until 2011. I was a little worried it would be completely dated and not engaging, but I was wrong about that. It's an excellent book for those interested in thinking outside the Freudian psychoanalytic box.

For anyone interested in self-improvement, inner freedom and perspective on themselves and the reality around them, Horney's books (Self-Analysis, Neurosis and Human Growth, Our Inner Conflicts) are a must-read. While built on a solid scientific foundation, they never feel academic or theoretical. That is because Horney draws on extensive therapeutic experience and a sincere intent to help people become who/what they are meant to be. 'Self-Analysis' is especially empowering as it creates a realistic framework for what we can achieve individually without discounting the value of professional help.

This is the best introduction to Karen Horney's thinking about neurosis and how it can be healed. The book was written to propose the idea that people suffering from neurosis can do a lot of work on their own, with or without a therapist. Despite having been published in 1942 and written from just beyond the boundary of psychoanaylitic orthodoxy, her ideas are quite modern and relevant.To find out if Horney's thinking resonates with you, begin by reading Chapter Two, The Driving Forces in Neuroses and the first part of Chapter Three covering the Stages of Understanding in Clare's analysis (pp. 35-82). (Clare is a rather remarkable woman whose work on herself inspired Horney to write this book. Her story is compelling and her issues are not the least bit out of date.) If you recognize yourself or others in these pages, proceed to Chapter Six, Occasional Self-Analysis (pp. 138-158) and Chapter Eight, Systematic Self-Analysis of a Morbid Dependency (pp. 173-224). These parts of this book will tell you whether you want to read more of Horney's books. I would recommend  Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis  as the logical next step.The remainder of the book is primarily a defense of the notion that Self-Analysis is possible and desirable. Her intended readers here are her fellow professionals, whom she expects to be rather skeptical.If Horney were writing today, I suspect that she would substitute Therapist for Analyst and Client for Patient in this book. In addition, she would not feel the need to point out the differences between herself and Freud, Jung, etc. Otherwise, her words are crisp and clear and could have been written today.

Very cerebral and deep. Strongly recommended to all those who want to really explore their self and have some good tool to do so (e.g. Association of ideas). Not an easy book (at least for me that I am no expert in the field)

Easy to read and understand. Provides great overview of the client and therapist roles, challenges and opportunities.

I was pleased to find this book that is one of the best for those searching for answers, since it was written many years ago and was afraid it was no longer availab.e

Read this 3 times and would like to read it again. Valuable insights.

This is a great classic on Psychology. It may be dated, but it's still very valid today!If you want to understand your inner self, then give this a read. It will also give you some good insights into other's neurotic behavior.

This book is easy to read and flows well, is informative and well written. Ahead of its time. I would recommend this to others.

Very Good.