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Encounters with Loneliness: Only the Lonely
Encounters with Loneliness Only the Lonely Author:Arlene Kramer Richards (Editor), Lucille Spira (Editor), Arthur A. Lynch (Editor) Encounters with Loneliness: Only the Lonely is a fascinating and diverse look at loneliness from a psychoanalytic perspective. The four sections of the book: Loneliness, Creativity and Artists; Clinical Dimensions of Loneliness; Loneliness/Solitude in the Psychoanalytic Training Process; Loneliness and Life Events testify to the encompa... more »ssing scope of this anthology of essays about loneliness.
This book focuses solely on the psychoanalytic aspects, primarily Freudian. Much of it discusses men and loneliness although it is primarily based on Symposium 2012: On Loneliness which took place at Mount Sinai Medical Center in March 2012 and also on the discussion group -- Towards an Understanding of Loneliness and Aloneness in Women (now, Towards an Understanding of Loneliness and Aloneness) -- at the American Psychoanalytic Association meetings in New York City, which was started by Arlene Kramer Richards and Lucille Spira.« less