Self-Analysis

by Karen Horney

In this book, the author writes on the possibilities of to what extent the individual can use the techniques of psychoanalysis to deal with his own problems. She discusses the driving forces in the neuroses, the different stages of psychoanalytical understanding, the patient's and the analyst's share in the psychoanalytic process, occasional and systematic self-analysis, and the limitations and difficulties involved in undertaking self-analysis.

Genres: Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Nonfiction, Self Help, Philosophy, Science, Personal Development

280 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1942

About the author

Karen Horney was a German psychoanalyst. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views, particularly his theory of sexuality, as well as the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis and its genetic psychology. As such, she is often classified as Neo-Freudian.

Reviews

[Valeriu Gherghel · Rating 3 out of 5]

O carte de mare folos pentru cei care vor (și dacă vor, pot!) să-și scruteze nemilos psihicul și sînt dispuși să renunțe la o parte din credințele (confortabile, nu zic nu...) care i-au dus într-un impas existențial.

Psihologii și terapeuții din stirpea lui Freud au negat multă vreme posibilitatea autoanalizei. Pentru un motiv simplu: individul nu poate fi sincer cu sine nici măcar o secundă. Omul este o ființă care se amăgește pe sine și îi amăgește și pe ceilalți. Cu excepția terapeutului vigilent și exersat. Deci, terapia e posibilă numai în doi (client mincinos plus psiholog isteț).

În cartea ei, Karen Horney (1885 - 1952) a îndrăznit să conteste această dogmă prestigioasă și pernicioasă. Ca atare, ea a devenit în ochii celorlalți specialiști o figură eretică, o „deviaționistă”, o vînzătoare de iluzii. Dar Horney a crezut că un om poate fi sincer cu sine măcar în măsura în care își dorește cu adevărat să-și rezolve o dificultate personală, să îmblînzească o suferință. E foarte greu, dar nu numaidecît imposibil: „Nimic nu ne împiedică să ne cunoaștem mai bine și să ne rezolvăm conflictele interioare. Viața însăși e cel mai bun terapeut”. Încercați!

Cartea lui Horney răspunde vechiului îndemn delfic (și socratic): „Gnothi seauton!, Scito teipsum!, Cunoaște-te pe tine însuți!”. Am scris mai demult o notă pe blog și am intitulat-o cam așa: „Mai critic decît tine cu privire la tine nu poți fi decît tu”. Am scris nota și pentru motivul că am străbătut de multe ori cu atenție, note și cu un folos evident Autoanaliza lui Karen Horney și am înțeles că a te cunoaște pe tine (și a înceta să te minți, chiar dacă minciuna te ține, uneori, în viață!) nu reprezintă un ideal de neatins.

Aș menționa că și Albert Ellis (în Ghid pentru o viață rațională) a acceptat și a susținut posibilitatea autoanalizei.

P. S. Foarte util în cunoașterea de sine e comentariul celor 10 tendințe nevrotice. Eu aș începe lectura cu această secțiune decisivă.

[باقر هاشمی · Rating 3 out of 5]

تفاوت میان «خودکاوی» و «خودروانکاوی» مانند تفاوت میان زردآلو و آلوزرد است.
کارن هورنای در این کتاب به موضوع خودروانکاوی(سِلف سایکو آنالیسیس) پرداخته که البته عنوان کتاب(خودکاوی-سِلف آنالیسیس) به نظرم ناصحیح است. چون خودکاوی مقوله‌ای است کلی که ممکن است از طُرُق گوناگونی انجام شود، در صورتی که کارن هورنای در این کتاب به توضیح روانکاوی(سایکو آنالیسیس) خویشتن، بدون حضور روانکاو می‌پردازد.

همچنین لازم به توضیح است که برای خودروانکاوی، شخص می‌بایست چند جلسه‌ای را توسط روانکاو، روانکاوی شده باشد تا با کلیت و مفهوم و روش روانکاوی آشنا گردد و یا در غیر این صورت، قبلاً با نظریات فروید در این‌باره آشنایی پیدا کرده باشد. مطالعه‌ی کتابهای: تفسیر خواب و مکانیزم‌های دفاع روانی از فروید ضروری می‌نمایند.
کتاب خودکاوی راهنمای قدم به قدم برای خودروانکاوی نیست بلکه نویسنده با ذکر چند مثال و تفسیر، به تشریح خودروانکاوی می‌پردازد؛ و از آنجایی که انسان همواره تمایل به دوری از حقیقت دارد(زیرا حقیقت تلخ است)، خودروانکاوی برایش کاری دشوار خواهد نمود چون به سختی می تواند متوجه انکارها یا مقاومت‌های خودش در طول درمان بشود. برای همین، این کتاب نمی‌تواند به‌عنوان یک راهنما برای خودروانکاوی مورد استفاده قرار بگیرد.

کسی که علاقه به تجزیه و تحلیل پیدا می‌کند و شروع به این کار می‌کند نه تنها باید خود را بشناسد بلکه باید نسبت به همه‌ی کسانی که بخشی از زندگی وی هستند و به نحوی با زندگی وی در ارتباط‌اند نیز شناخت پیدا کند. ولی بهتر است که ابتدا از خودش شروع کند.
تا زمانی که شخص اسیر تضادها و موانع و سدهای درونی خویش است، تصویری که از شخصیت دیگران پیدا می‌کند یک تصویر تیره و تحریف شده است که با واقعیت شخصیت آنها فاصله‌ی زیادی دارد.

محمدجعفر مصفا هم ذبیح الله منصوری وار(سبک بسط و گسترش) به ترجمه‌ی آثار کارن هورنای پرداخته و نثرش همان نثر سخنرانی‌هایش می‌باشد یعنی چیزی شبیه به کتاب تفکر زائد. ترجمه‌اش روان است اما به گمانم وفادار به متن اصلی نبوده است.

[Argos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Öncelikle belirtmeliyim ki bu kitap çok az bir grup insana yöneliktir; nevrotik bozukluk belirtileri gösteren veya tanı konulmuş nevrozlara. Toplumun büyük çoğunluğunu oluşturan, gerginlik, kaygı bozukluğu, depresyon adı altında toplanan duygu durum bozuklukları, panik atak, anksiyete vb şikayeti olanlar için yazılmamıştır. Bu nedenle psikanaliz gibi ciddi bir yönteme umut bağlamak için bu kitap bir fayda sağlamayacaktır. Sadece belki insanın içgözlem, özeleştiri, özçağrışım vb yöntemleri kullanmasına, analiz etmesine yardımcı olabilir, ancak orada kalır, analizlerin yorumu ayrı bir konudur.

[Rachel Archelaus · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this for a school paper but was astonished to find that it still so relevant. I had just read a book by Debbie Ford in which she advocates finding the ego structures we make during childhood and eliminate them. This book of self-analysis described just how to do that but with much more insight and guidance.

[Steve Woods · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very useful book, I am surprised that it was written so long ago and that it has received so little attention. As a person coping with a severely abusive childhood and complex ptsd as a result of service in Indochina, like so many others I struggled with life for an amazing 30 years before crashing and burning. I found myself in the hands of the so called mental health professionals. As it was I was lucky, I landed in a place where there were people on staff who actually favored this reliance on self directed analysis with judicious assistance from professional help as needed. This flies in the face of the standard approach taken by so many which assumes as Frued promoted, that there is an absolute necessity for a professional to carry out the "healing'. The underlying assumptions derive in my view from the Judeo Christian view of the individual as being fatally flawed and totally reliant on outside intervention for "redemption" or "salvation." This is the basis for the western cultural model behind the practice of medicine. people expect the "cure" to be handed to them by some power greater than they, i.e. the doctor. The same attitude has permeated the mental health profession, much to the detriment of many. After an initial exposure to the approach Horney outlines here, I was ultimately co opted by the standard practitioner's the more enlightened institution that had been my first port of call went under and was subsumed, not unexpectedly by a conglomerate health provider. I became like so many the benighted recipient of the philosophy that I was fundamentally and irrevocably damaged and all that could be expected was management by "the professionals" with the judicious use of drugs. Bastards nearly killed me. I was lucky to drift into Buddhist practice which bares many similarities to the process of self analysis outlined here and to the first approach to my difficulties to which I was exposed. It made sense to me and I was on familiar ground. Over the last 8 years I have been engaged with that practice as a lynchpin in precisely the process Horney outlines here and everything she puts forward rings true in the light of my own experience. Thankfully there has been for me a great unfolding in this journey. I have little faith in the efforts of the so called professionals and on my yearly trips back to an institution dealing with many combat veteran's for physical checkups I see the results of the perceived wisdom applied. it keeps these poor souls trapped and helpless, totally reliant on the "expertise" of people following a flawed philosophy that has been proven nigh on useless. But then there are now substantial financial interest in Australia to whose benefit it falls to keep the suffering, suffering!

[Teri Temme · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book written in the 1940's. I live my life free associating, that was kind of funny - apparently some people fear that LOL.

Favorite quote: "What matters is the spirit and not the rules."

[Sonya · Rating 4 out of 5]

يك اثر عميق و كاربردي ديگر از كارن هورناي كه به موضوع خودكاوي فردي و مقايسه آن با روانكاوي توسط روان شناس مي پردازد.
در اين جلد از جمله روش ها و تكنيك هاي كه به فرد در خودكاوي كمك كرده و يا در برابر آن مقاومت ايجاد ميكند، شرح داده شده است.
در حالت كلي تئوري روانشناسي هورناي و آثار او ارتباط عميقي با ناخودآگاه خواننده برقرار ميكند و او به تضاد ها و مقاومت هاي دروني خود پي ميبرد.
مطالعه آثار هورناي ديد تازه اي به بسياري از تئوري هاي روانشناسي كلاسيك ميدهد و بسيار مفيد و كاربردي مي باشد.

[David Vavřička · Rating 5 out of 5]

Psychoanalysis is a theory developed by Sigmund Freud that aims to cure neuroses, i.e psychological disturbances that have no organic basis, e.g., phobias, depression, addictions or functional stomach upsets. These disturbances spring from unconscious strivings developed in order to cope with life despite fears, isolation, etc.

Karen Horney believed - contrary to Freud - that it is possible to perform a psychoanalysis by the patient himself alone. Therefore, she wrote this book as a manual for layman patients so that they could get rid of their neurotic symptoms as well as make them free for the development of their best potentialities.

Book summary

Neurotic trends (NT) are unconscious urges that develop early in life (combination of temperament and environment). They give the person feeling that he must stuck to the established path at all odds. They must not be confused with character traits however: for instance, neurotic perfection differs from just “being more orderly” in the fact that the former is pursued compulsively (with disregard for self-interest) and the sufferer gets frustrated when these compulsive pursuits are ineffective.

Course of analysis
For each NT (a person can have any number of NTs):
(1) Recognition of NT
(2) Discovery of its causes, manifestations and consequences
(3) Discovery of interrelations with other parts of the personality, especially with other neurotic trends

The actual analysis is a long-term process (can take years) consisting of two main techniques, namely: (A) regular free-association (FA) sessions, and (B) systematic analyses of FAs’ outputs as well as interpreting one’s dreams.

Over time first appear the least repressed NTs (so usually these are not the strongest with the greatest influence on personality). It also happens that the patient later discovers that some of these were not actual NTs but only symptoms of secondary defenses.

Free association
During FA, he expresses himself as completely and frankly as possible, i.e. without reserve he says all that comes to his mind regardless of whether it appears trivial, off the point, irrational, embarrassing, etc. He talks about his ideas, memories, thoughts about self and others, beliefs, wishes, fantasies…

- In self-analysis instead of talking to a psychologist the patient writes down notes or catchwords
- FA lacks directions (no reasoning allowed); it must be spontaneous
- It’s important to take notice when tempted to conceal something
-The goal is to enable to understand how the patient’s mind works, to reveal the structure of personality by recognizing factors that were unconscious

Analysis
- Attentive analysis of the notes taken during FA
- Goal lies in finding unconscious forces, they must not be selected prematurely however
- Look for details, e.g. if patient every session emphasizes his superior IQ, then it has paramount emotional value to him
- Look for repetitive themes, contradictions, exaggerations, reactions of shame
- Discover the points at which he turns from cooperation to defense, identify themes the patient omits or deserts quickly
- When we find an observation or gain an insight, it must be examined how that manifests in various areas, what consequences it has, which factors of personality account fo it

Example: A person is tongue-tied when he wants to participate in discussion because he is afraid of possible criticism. If he allows this observation to take root within himself, he will see that the fear is out of proportion to any real danger - he will wonder why the fear is so great that it prevents him from speaking and even thinking properly. He will try to find similar difficulties in other areas of his life and what forms they take. Basically he will perform steps (2) and (3) from the “Course of analysis” paragraph.

Resistances
Analysis invokes two groups of opposite forces - the interest of the one group is to maintain unchanged the illusions and safety afforded by the neurotic structure; the other is to get freedom and strength by overthrowing the neurotic structure.

Recognizing Resistance Forces (RF)
RFs are set in motion when patient’s security claims are jeopardized, illusions questioned, etc. Person suffering from RFs is like a person frightened by thunderstorms, who is not only terrified by thunders and lighting but even by a cloud on far horizon. The sources of resistances are the sum total of a person’s interests in maintaining the status quo. When we approach any domain that is tabu for the patient (repressed) he will react with anger or fear and set going defensive action. (Patient with strong defense mech. will react emotionally when anything is questioned).

- Resolving a blockage is number-one priority
- It helps to review notes that precede blockage to find the point of departure
- Try to associate to a resistance, i.e. consider the particular manifestation of the blockage and let thoughts run freely

Basic types of resistances
(1) Open fight against the provoking problem
(2) Defensive emotional reaction
(3) Defensive or evasive maneuvers (Evasive maneuvers in self-analysis may take various forms and may develop at any point, e.g. may prevent a person from starting to analyse a problem, may impair the value of his FA, invalidate findings… So he should be very wary about the times when he feels distressed/fatigued/irritated when he should do self-analysis)

Analysis of dreams
- Dreams are one of several important sources of information, they however don’t give a static picture of feelings of opinions but are primarily an expression of tendencies
- They may reveal our true feelings
- They are governed by wishful thinking, i.e., give voice to our strivings and often represent attempts at a solution of conflicts bothering us
- To understand a dream we must connect it with the actual provocation.

some more notes:
- Anxiety often appears when there are two conflicting feelings toward one subject, e.g. when we both resent someone and crave his admiration - then, it’s necessary to suppress one while acting with the objective of fulfilling the other
- In all neuroses self-confidence is impaired and fictitious notions of superiority substitute for it

[Jianjiang Li · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a big fan of Karen Horney since I read one of her works two years ago. After that I spent lots of time to finish all the Chinese version of her works. Self-analysis is the first one in English of her works I have read. It is quite difficult , to be honest, but it is fun as well.

[Tereza Vítková · Rating 4 out of 5]

Na rozdíl od Freuda poměrně čtivá literatura, doporučuju všem, co se chtějí víc seznámit s psychoanalýzou. Karen popisuje psychoanalytický přístup k neurotickým potřebám člověka, což hodně připomíná Neurosis and Human Growth. Mně přišla nejzajímavější kapitola o volných asociacích, a jak je užít k vlastnímu seberozvoji a následně interpretovat. Knížka je stručným návodem k sebepoznání v situacích, kterým běžně nevěnujeme pozornost, a přiblížení se naší skutečné podstatě bytí. Přestože napsaná před 60 lety, určitě stále aktuální :)

[Nataliia Osadcha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Чи можемо ми самі собі допомогти?
Витягнути себе за волосся з болота як барон Мюнхгаузен...

В книзі "Самоаналіз" Карен Горні авторка допускає таку можливість і показує з чим доведеться зіткнутися у дослідженні власного Я, які інструменти психотерапії можуть допомогти.

Береш проблему/ситуацію/питання яке тебе хвилює і ставиш його в режим slow move...🦥 А далі кадр за кадром роздивляєшся фрагменти свого життя. Тут необхідно бути максимально щирим і відвертим з собою, адже головний герой цього дійства саме ти і тут важливо бути об'єктивним...
Подивитись за кадром:
✅️а що заважає уникнути цієї проблеми?
✅️яких навичок і вмінь мені не вистачає?
✅️а як інакше можна було вчинити?

А ще її методи чимось схожі на імпровізацію: відпустити себе, бути тут і зараз і ця свобода асоціацій рано чи пізно приведе до інсайту.. 💡

Провести глибокий аналіз, просіяти крізь сито свої страхи і шкідливі упередження, знайти нові ступені свободи.. задачка ще та..🤔

І тут головне не закопатись у автоагресії, не роздирати свою душу почуттям провини, не закритись від усього і всіх, вдаючи що проблеми не існує...
Якось там буде...
Ні не буде...
Так цей шлях досить складний, адже потрібно шукати відповіді на зовсім не очевидні питання.. 💪

І авторка відверто говорить: самому проходити цей шлях важко, але можливо.
Все залежить від багатьох факторів: внутрішня мотивація розібратись, глибина проблеми, середовище в якому ми перебуваємо.

Адже якщо у вашому житті чимало протиріч, це заважає рухатись далі, бути щасливим, зрозуміти чого насправді хочеться. Не оглядатись на "а що скажуть інші",  мати вибір і не страждати від своїх рішень, зізнатись що часом ви ще той зас@анець... 🙊
І скажу по секрету, ви і так займаєтесь самоаналізом: через  внутрішні діалоги, коли думаємо...  шукаємо... змінюємось...

Скоріш за все в цій подорожі у підсвідоме, вас чекає чимало несподіванок і відкриттів, іноді болючих і не приємних❤️‍🩹, але скоріш за все трансформаційних.

І цей процес безпервний...
Ми не можемо зупинити час, не можемо не дихати і не їсти...
То чому б нам не зупинятись і постійно самовдосконалюватись?

Читайте і отримуйте задоволення від самопізнання...

Істина всередині нас...🖤

[Jyotika Varmani · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found the title of this book to be misleading on two counts. Firstly, it does not discuss any specific procedure of how a person can conduct self-analysis - if it does, it is completely lost in the sheer amount of incoherent narration in this book. Secondly, it focuses way too much on a therapist-client relationship which which is a far cry from self-analysis.

This book looks tediously into the overt and covert characteristics of neuroticism. Intermittently, it discusses the challenges that therapists must face while dealing with neuroticism. In glimpses, it discusses why self-analysis is challenging. There are chapters titled 'occasional self-analysis,' 'systematic self-analysis' - disappointingly though, the narrative of these chapters wavers from discussion of therapy sessions to speculations by the author regarding what could have helped the client overcome his troubles better. Moreover, the discussions switch abruptly from one case to another. The case studies used to support the author's ideas are too lengthy to be focused on the point the author is trying to make through their use. Finally, there is a lot of psychoanalytic jargon that props up all over this book which is obviously not reader friendly. At best, it is vague and at worst, it makes you want to give up the anyway unnecessarily elongated read.

I assume that this book is directed for psychoanalysis enthusiasts; it is definitely not for the common reader. Therefore, I am giving it two stars - for someone with a psychoanalytic background this book offers a fair insight into the nature of neuroticism and the nature of resistance among clients. For someone who is attempting to understand psychoanalysis or neuroticism as a beginner though, I think there is a need to read a textbook explaining the fundamental ideas of psychoanalysis before attempting to understand this one.

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found out about Karen Horney's work a little before I started seeing a therapist as my natural inclination to come fully armed and informed instigated the search for psychoanalytical theories that may help answer questions about what to expect. I started reading Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization but I never got to finish it, even though I initially found it interesting. I think, over time, I found it too tedious and clinical to keep my attention.

Fast forward to today, and I wish I tell my younger self to read Self-Analysis instead of the other book prior to starting therapy instead. Despite being published in the 1940s, it has been extremely illuminating, relevant & thought-provoking.

I'm starting to realize what my therapist actually expect out of me, and it's been extremely helpful to realize that I can do the analysis on my own. The book identifies the pros and cons of self-analysis, the contribution of both patient & analyst as well as the process you undergo when you do it. I've started to ask questions revolving around my actions and reactions, and have gotten considerably further in this junction than if I had allowed my therapist to subtly guide me into analyzing my behaviors in the first place.

I highly recommend this book.

[سعیده · Rating 5 out of 5]

کتاب خوبی بود ولی همچنان سوال هایی رو باقی گذاشت. عمیقا وارد مسئله نشده و اینکه تکلیف این سوال ها چی میشه. به خیلی از سوال ها حداقل از نظر من عمیقا جواب داده نشده. یک چیزی رو خوب نشون میده اینکه روان کاو قرار نیست معجزه کنه در صورتی که افراد تصور می کنند قرار هست فرد روانکار معجزه می کنه. به نظرم پیدا کردن ریشه های عصبیت کار دشواری باشه همچنان که خود نویسنده هم این مطلب رو میگه و خیلی پیچیدگی های دیگه ای که در راه خودکاوی هست. روانپژشک ��ایی مثل ایشون یعنی در زمان حال وجود دارند؟ واقعا هستند؟ انقدر زمان های قدیم همه چیز عمیق تر بود. در آخر کتاب هم اشاره می کنند که چیزی به اسم کمال قابل قبول نیست بلکه انسان در جهت رشد و کمال حرکت می کنه و همین ارزشمنده. خدا بیامرزد چنین انسان های مفیدی رو.
یک سوال مهمم این بود که انسان ممکنه این علایم رو در نتیجه ی موارد دیگه ای به جز اون تضاد ها بدست بیاره. درسته؟ اگر این چنین باشه چطوری میشه فهمید که این مشکلات در اثر تضادها هستند یا چیزی عادی هستند که در رفتار انسان بیماری تلقی نمی شند. نمی دونم شاید هم در متن کتاب اشاره شده بود ولی من متوجه نشدم.

[Michelle Fields · Rating 5 out of 5]

I heart Karen horney bigtime

[Mojtaba Eslami · Rating 5 out of 5]

این کتاب خیلی چیزها به ما یاد داد و به همه توصیه میکنم که بخوانندش.

[Lex · Rating 4 out of 5]

you start to wonder- which here too is the beginning of all wisdom…

tea!

[Mehmet · Rating 3 out of 5]

İnsan psikolojisi uzmanlarının yazdıkları bana hep çok samimi gelmiştir. Kendi kendine psikanalizin imkanı var mı? Karen Horney, belli şartlar çerçevesinde bunun bir dereceye kadar mümkün olduğunu anlatıyor kitabında; ayrıca hastalarının kendi kendilerini psikanalitik olarak çözümlemeleri ile ilgili örnekler veriyor. Freud, "kendi kendine analiz mümkün değildir" diyor; ancak Karen Horney o kadar katı değil.
Hastanın analiz ortamında psikanalist ile olan ilişkisinde en önemli unsurlardan biri direnmedir, direnmelerin kaynağı ortaya çıkartılınca bunları yaratan psikodinamik süreçler ortaya çıkarılabilir ancak kendi kendine psikanalizde direnme mümkün değildir. İnsan, kendi analizinde kendine karşı ne kadar samimi olabilir? Bu soruların cevapları ile ilgili kitapta bir sürü ipucu var.

[Willm Wilkens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Karen Horney did a great job at explaining the dynamics of subconscious neurotic trends and how they can be tackled through analytical work.
In my opinion it really helped that she compared the different factors of analysis for both methods: self-analysis and analysis with an expert. This enabled the reader to understand both methods better and made clearer which pros and cons exist for each method.
Despite having done a good amount of self-analysis myself, this book triggered some new thoughts and potential insights, which I have to process now.

[Mer_1378 · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتاب در حین یاد دادن خودکاوی و خودشناسی تفاوت های روانکاوی و خودکاوی معایب و مزایای هر کدوم توضیحات مفصلی ارائه میده همینطور یه نمونه خیلی خوب از خودکاوی رو بیان می‌کنه در همین بینابین درمورد روان‌رنجوری هم توضیحاتی میده و سدهایی که همین نیاز های نوروتیک و مکانیسم‌های دفاعی در راه خودکاوی هستند رو بیان می‌کنه.



خودم از قبل با نوشتن افکارم و تمرکز روی نوشته‌ها سعی میکردم به آرامش برسم و خودم رو بهتر درک کنم
و الان ۱نوشتن ۲جهت گیری‌هایی که قبلا در حین نوشتن داشتم ۳بررسی و درک نوشته‌ها با این کتاب اصلاح شد و خیلی راضی هستم.

[Nikolai Miletskiy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ідеї Хорні тут розкриваються менше ніж в її основному творі, але тим не менше книжка хоч і коротка але дає достатньо інформації для роздумів. Найбільше сподобались реальні приклади, особливо ціла глава про самоаналіз її пацієнтки.

[Arash Maqsudi · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتاب خوبیه واسه کسایی که می خوان تو خودشون بکاون!

[Shaun · Rating 5 out of 5]

For anyone going through analysis. Give this book a shot, if you're wondering how the process works or how to adjunct your existing therapy.

[Uğur · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can say a roadmap to being your own in a real sense for this book. A beautiful work written by Karen Horney, which deals with a person's identity with both cognitive, conceptual and emotional experiences, in order for a person to realize himself, become aware of himself. In fact, although this book is a method of recognizing the shell of a person trying to break his own shell, its purpose was to make women ignored as an ego in the patriarchal order and men subject to working-class status realize their marginalized ego, to bring to themselves this large segment that the system first alienated.

Horney reveals the dynamics of stress by focusing on both cognitive and emotional reactions with the concepts of desire, anxiety, loneliness, hope. It is extraordinary that he uses a philosophical language while doing this. Instead of telling us something, it makes us think and, again, in this aspect, it makes the reader self-sufficient.

Please do not treat the book as personal development. "A person is his own doctor." don't go looking for a psychoanalytic treatment for yourself in this book. A person is not his own psychologist, my friends. :) Only you can know yourself. In any case, knowing yourself reveals what you are, and, of course, what you want. Have a pleasant reading.

[ReConnect · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks ... it’s definitely possible to heal yourself if you really really want it. Life is going to guide and back you ... I know what I’m talking about :)

[Blumfeld · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Psikanalizde Yeni Yollar”’da, değişen kuramsal altyapını Psikanalitik terapinin ilgi,yöntem ve amacını değiştireceğini söyleyerek Klasik Psikanaliz pratiğinden de bir kopuşu ifade eden Horney, bu kitapta Kendi Kendine Analiz sorunsalına, Horneyan Kuramın, Freduyen kuramdan ayrıldığı noktaları ve vurguladığı farklılıkları temel alan teorik bir yapı oluşturmayı hedefliyor. Horney’i Kendi Kendine Psikanaliz’in mümkün olduğunu düşündüren bu farklılıklara, Horneyan Psikoterapinin Ego’yu sadece itaat eden bir güç görmek yerine, onun güncel kişiliğin ve davranışların üzerinde daha yapıcı bir ilişkisi olduğunu düşünmesi(Psikanalizde Yeni Yollar, Ego Kavramı), Horneyan Psikolojinin güncel kişiliği ve bu kişilik yapısından kaynaklan savunmaları temel alması, Ego’nun güçlendirilmesini bir terapi hedefi olarak görmesi örnek gösterilebilir.
Horney, Kendi Kendine Analiz’ kitabında, Kendi Kendine Analizi sihirli bir değnek olarak sunmak, kişiliği basite indirgeyen bir kendine yardım kitabı yazmak, herkesin evde rahatça uygulayacağı bir kullanım kılavuzu yazdığını iddia etmek gibi bir hataya düşmez. Okuyucuya da bu kitabı okurken, Her şeye çare olan bir teknik ya da bir tür kullanma kılavuzu olduğunu düşünmemesi, kitaptan bu tür beklentilere girmeyip, Kendi Kendine Analiz’in tartışıldığı bu kuramsal metnin yapısına odaklanması tavsiye edilir.
Horney, bu kitaptaki amacı; Kendi Kendine Analiz mümkünlüğü kuramsal çerçevede göstermek, Kendi Kendine Analizin ne olduğunu, potansiyelini, faydalarını gerçekçi bir şekilde tartışmak, bu konuda yapılacak daha sonraki çalışmalara rehberlik etmektir. Teorik tartışmanın ardından, Clare adlı vakanın “Bağımlılık Sorununu” Horneyan bir terminoloji ile kendi kendine analizi paylaşmış, bu analiz sürecinde ve evrelerinde, Horney, Clare vakasının yaptığı olumlu ve olumsuz davranışları göstermiş, bu kendi kendini analiz çalışmasının her aşamasında okuyucuya pratik olarak fayda sağlayacak, kendi deneyim, not ve gözlemlerini paylaşmış ve bütün olarak bu vaka sunumu ile Kendi Kendine Psikanalizin, pratikteki karşılığını gerçekçi bir şekilde sunmuştur.
Horney, daha sonraki bölümlerde ise, Kendi Kendine Analizde karşılaşılacak, direnmeleri ve engelleri açıklamış, bu direnç ile başa çıkma konusunda tavsiyeler vermiş, Kendi Kendine Analizin sınırlılıklarını ve potansiyelini gerçekçi bir bakış ile betimlemiştir.
Özet olarak, Horney, Tüm sınırlarına ve zorluğuna karşı, Kendi Kendine Analiz’i, uygulanabilir görmekte, kişinin ilerlemesine, kendini tanımasına ve geliştirmesine yardımcı olan önemli bir araç olduğunu düşünmekte, bu kitabında da bu düşüncelerini güçlü bir teorik ve pratik altyapı ile doyurucu bir şekilde okura sunmaktadır.

[Amir Sahbaee · Rating 4 out of 5]

کارن هورنای یکی از روانشناسان برجسته ی قرن گذشته ست.یک روانکاو که البته با دید باز و انتقادی با روانکاوی مواجه شده و اختلاف نظرهایی هم با فروید داره.
این کتاب هم با سوالات و نکته هایی شروع میشه.اینکه اساسا انسان می‌تونه خودکاوی رو جایگزین روانکاوی کنه؟اینکه ایا همه ی انسان ها می‌تونن به روانکاوی دسترسی داشته باشن؟ و سوالاتی از این دست
البته در نهایت -حداقل برای مسائل حاد روانی- جواب دقیقی به این سوال داده نمی‌شه که آیا خودکاوی ‌می‌تونه جای روانکاوی رو بگیره یا نه؟
کتاب خوبیه.ساختار خوب و درست و معقولی داره
فصل ها خوب از هم تفکیک شدن و ترتیبشون خوبه .حجم کتاب هم برای عموم معقوله
شاید یکی از مشکلاتم با کتاب این بود که فقط ما تجربه ی کلار رو می‌دیدیم و نمیتونستیم مطمئن باشیم که ادم های دیگه هم این راه رو رفتن و همه ی این نتایج از نوشته های یک نفر حاصل نشده
اما اهمیت خودکاوی حتی در حد کوچیک رو در بخش "خودکاوی گهگاهی" میبیینیم که تاثیرات جالبی روی ادم هایی گذاشته
فکر میکنم با خوندن این کتاب و داشتن عزم و راده برای به��ود و تکامل خودمون و کمی. دانش یا تجربه ی روانکاوی شدن،میتونیم قدم های خیلی مثبتی رو برداریم و از نظر هزینه ای هم صرفه جویی کنیم.
چون همونطور که هورنای میگه،روانکاوی فقط برای مسائل حاد و برطرف کردن مشککلات نیست و میتونه برای پیشرفت و ارتقا استفاده بشه

جالبه من با اینکه خیلی به روانکاوی معتقد نیستم اما دیروز که حجم بیشتری از کتاب رو خوندم،باعث شد شب خواب هایی ببینم که توش یه سری مشکلاتم هی بیان می‌شد

ترجمه ی آقای مصفا هم خیلی خوب و روون بود

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Case examples improve the readability of what would otherwise be a very dry rendering of theory. Karen Horney is optimistic about a cure for neurosis and human growth, and has an egalitarian approach to psychoanalysis compared to her peers, as evidenced by her seeing herself and the patient as collaborators and by suggesting that self-analysis is even possible.

[Duda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kniha voľne nadväzuje na "Neurotickú osobnosť našej doby". Teória je však podaná menej zaujímavo a praktickosť, ktorú som podľa názvu očakávala, sa nekoná. Skôr som sa utvrdila, že laik nemá šancu urobiť si vlastnú psychoanalýzu, než by ma to presvedčilo o opaku.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

very interesting. a bit old-fashioned i guess, and academic.