Illusion : a psychodynamic interpretation of thinking and belief /

Jacobs, Michael, 1941-

Illusion : a psychodynamic interpretation of thinking and belief / Michael Jacobs. - London ; Philadelphia : Whurr, 2000. - x, 142 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135) and index.

Using Winnicott's concept of illusion as a life long, ever changing way of coping with the anxiety of gaps and spaces, Jacobs analyses modes of thinking and belief. The theoretical is then mapped to how clients might think and believe.

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Psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Belief and doubt.
Thought and thinking.
Psychology
Cognition & cognitive psychology
Cognitivism, cognitive theory
Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
Psychology.
Psychoanalytic Theory.
Cognition.
Perception.
Religion and Psychology.
Thinking.