The Drama Of Being A Child, 9781860491016
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Childhood’s drama shapes us all: understand, heal, and break free.

The Drama Of Being A Child

the search for the true self

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  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    9 January 1996

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Summary

Reclaiming Your Inner Child: A Path to Healing

The author, renowned for her work on childhood trauma, revisits her seminal book, “The Drama of Being a Child,” with a fresh perspective, moving beyond traditional psychoanalysis. She posits that societal violence stems from conventional child-rearing practices and education, which can confine a child’s spirit.

In this revised edition, she illuminates how to harness these insights to liberate ourselves from the shackles of the p…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781860491016
ISBN-10:1860491014
Author:Alice Miller
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Edition:2nd
Release Date:9 January 1996
Weight:144g
Dimensions:195mm x 127mm x 12mm
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Critics Review

Rare and compelling in its compassion and its unassuming eloquence…her examples are so vivid and so ordinary they touch the hurt child in us all - NEW YORK MAGAZINE

‘Rare and compelling in its compassion and its unassuming eloquence…her examples are so vivid and so ordinary they touch the hurt child in us all’ NEW YORK MAGAZINE

About The Author

Alice Miller

Alice Miller lives in France. For more than twenty years she taught and practised psychoanalysis. In 1973, due to her spontaneous painting she discovered her childhood history. Now, she radically questions the validity of psychoanalytic theories. As a result, in 1988 she resigned from the International Psychhoanalytical Association and, in 1995, revised THE DRAMA OF BEING A CHILD.

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