Feminine Psychology + Psychotherapy Flashcards
For Horney, psychic differences between men and women are not the result
of anatomy but rather of cultural and social expectations.
Feminine Psychology
Men who subdue and rule
women and women who degrade or envy men do so because of the neurotic competitiveness that is rampant in many societies.
Feminine Psychology
this aim is to have patients give up their
idealized self-image, relinquish their neurotic search for glory, and change self-hatred
to an acceptance of the real self
Psychotherapy
The general goal of this is to help patients gradually grow in the
direction of self-realization.
Psychotherapy
The therapist’s task is to convince patients that their present solutions are perpetuating rather than alleviating the core neurosis, a task that takes much time and
hard work.
Psychotherapy