Romance, Love, & the Psyche’s Peculiar Engines

James Hollis
Independent study
Online

Overview

We all say we’re interested in relationships. Relationships are so important and yet we have to puzzle over the fact that so many of our relationships are fractious, contentious, end in bitterness and disappointment. And why if we value them so much do we end in such disarray so often?

 

We will illustrate the core dynamics that are going on in the meeting of one person with another. What’s happening intrapsychically, what are the deeper layers of engagement that are occurring in each person; number one. And number two, what are the definitions of a mature relationship?

We hope these thoughts will be provocative to you and will be supportive to you, and hopefully, will help you construct your own agenda in the service to healing relationships.

  • For people who want to understand the deeper currents of relationships
  • For those who want to construct their own agenda in service of a healing relationship
  • For people who want to re-energize their long-term relationship
  • For those who want to start a new relationship in midlife
  • or those who are not afraid of provocative ideas
  • For couples therapists and those ready for deep self-exploration
  • Why relationships are so tricky. What makes us search for the Magical Other.
  • How to make the most of the gift of a relationship. The definitions of a mature relationship.
  • New relationships in midlife. Questions for couples therapy and self-exploration.
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