Personal Disorder and Family Life

This work looks into how, why, and when people pursue things in life that they desire, those that make their existence attractive and worth living.

Peter Lomas has worked in general practice, neurosurgery, and psychiatry before training at the Institute of Psychoanalysis, London. Since that time he has practiced in child and family psychotherapy in the Health Service and independently with adults as a psychotherapist. He is the author of The Limits of Interpretation and Cultivating Intuition and the Transaction titles True and False Experience and The Psychotherapy of Everyday Life. He has also edited The Predicament of the Family.

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Three Domains of Activity 2. A History of Work, Leisure, and Obligation 3. Balancing Work, Leisure, and Obligation 4. Personal Development 5. The Confident Self 6. Community Involvement 7. What Really Counts? References Index