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A psychiatrist suggests ways in which confronting and resolving problems, a painful process most people try to avoid, can lead to greater self-understanding and spiritual growth.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Introduction(p. xii)
• I Discipline
• Problems and Pain(p. 1)
• Delaying Gratification(p. 6)
• The Sins of the Father(p. 9)
• Problem-Solving and Time(p. 18)
• Responsibility(p. 26)
• Neuroses and Character Disorders(p. 29)
• Escape from Freedom(p. 36)
• Dedication to Reality(p. 43)
• Transference: The Outdated Map(p. 46)
• Openness to Challenge(p. 53)
• Withholding Truth(p. 64)
• Balancing(p. 72)
• The Healthiness of Depression(p. 79)
• Renunication and Rebirth(p. 84)
• Love Defined(p. 93)
• Falling in "Love"(p. 98)
• The Myth of Romantic Love(p. 107)
• More About Ego Boundaries(p. 112)
• Dependency(p. 118)
• Cathexis Without Love(p. 130)
• "Self-Sacrifice"(p. 138)
• Love Is Not a Feeling(p. 145)
• The Work of Attention(p. 151)
• The Risk of Loss(p. 167)
• The Risk of Independence(p. 172)
• The Risk of Commitment(p. 180)
• The Risk of Confrontation(p. 195)
• Love Is Disciplined(p. 203)
• Love Is Separateness(p. 211)
• Love and Psychotherapy(p. 224)
• The Mystery of Love(p. 240)
• III Growth and Religion
• World Views and Religion(p. 244)
• The Religion of Science(p. 256)
• The Case of Kathy(p. 262)
• The Case of Marcia(p. 278)
• The Case of Theodore(p. 282)
• The Baby and the Bath Water(p. 298)
• Scientific Tunnel Vision(p. 303)
• IV Grace
• The Miracle of Health(p. 314)
• The Miracle of the Unconscious(p. 325)
• The Miracle of Serendipity(p. 341)
• The Definition of Grace(p. 351)
• The Miracle of Evolution(p. 355)
• The Alpha and the Omega(p. 363)
• Entropy and Original Sin(p. 367)
• The Problem of Evil(p. 376)
• The Evolution of Consciousness(p. 379)
• The Nature of Power(p. 386)
• Grace and Mental Illness: The Myth of Orestes(p. 393)
• Resistance to Grace(p. 405)
• The Welcoming of Grace(p. 419)
• Afterword(p. 428)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

M. Scott Peck was born on May 22, 1936 in New York City. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and was attending Middlebury College before being expelled for refusing to attend mandatory R.O.T.C. sessions. He transferred to Harvard University, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1958, and then received a medical degree in 1963 from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

He was a psychiatrist in the United States Army for nearly 10 years, was the director of the New Milford Hospital Mental Health Clinic, and worked in a private psychiatric practice in Connecticut. In 1984, he helped establish the Foundation for Community Encouragement, whose mission is to promote and teach the principles of Community.

He was among the founding fathers of the self-help genre of books. His works include The Road Less Traveled, Further Along the Road Less Traveled, The Road Less Traveled and Beyond, People of the Lie, and The Different Drum. He also wrote a novel entitled A Bed by the Window. He received the 1984 Kaleidoscope Award for Peacemaking, the 1994 Temple International Peace Prize, and the Learning, Faith and Freedom Medal from Georgetown University in 1996. He died from complications of pancreatic and liver duct cancer on September 25, 2005 at the age of 69.

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