5/10/2023 0 Comments Home coming john bradshawOverall, I’m sure that there are many more up-to-date books that better explain psychoanalytic concepts. However, a few tears did spring to my eyes while I was reading, so I have to admit it had the desired effect of helping me understand just how deep childhood wounds run. Additionally, many people won’t enjoy the implicit gender role stereotypes that abound in this book. Among other things, Bradshaw posits that repression causes cancer, and preaches Freud’s theory of psychosexual stages (oral, anal, etc.) which is no longer practiced or taken seriously in psychology. However, this book is a product of its time. On the one hand, the basic concept (how childhood wounds escalate into adult problems) is incredibly important.
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