Revealing why creative people tend to be more prone to certain kinds of depression, the psychotherapist-author of Living the Writer's Life explains why this depression does not respond to pharmaceutical treatment and presents a four-step, non-pharmaceutical treatment program designed to harness the depression and use it for creative good. 25,000 first printing.

For undergraduate Introduction to Sociology courses. Fully addressing today's most relevant issues without losing track of the classical theoretical work which defines the core of the discipline, this exceptionally comprehensive and well-written introduction to the dynamic field of sociology helps students understand its significance to their everyday lives. Emphasizing diversity issues-particularly gender-and globalization, the text makes real-world connections throughout-concluding each chapter with a Life Connections section (covering aspects of everyday life which will be meaningful to students), and with a Society Connections section (highlighting relevant policy issues related to the topic of that specific chapter), and broadens the learning experience with enriching supplemental media support.

Product Description: Learn to free creativity from the shackles of emotional conflicts!This riveting collection of case histories illustrates the dark interplay of neurosis and creativity. Psychotherapy with People in the Arts explores the struggles of writers, painters, actors, and composers to reconcile their overwhelming need to create and the self-doubts, frustrations, and neuroses that block their potential...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL. Presents a review of theories of creativity, illustrated by works and careers of Ezra Pound and Barry, and concludes that psychopathology severely restricts rather than enhances the creative process...read more

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Patient, the first book of non-fiction written by Gerald Alper, is also the first serious attempt to explore in depth the dynamics of the yet-to-be recognized, unfulfilled and usually perplexed fledgling artist. The artist tries to live in two separate worlds: a factual, linear, banal, reality-driven outer world that is best kept at arm's length; and a creatively organized, aesthetically orchestrated, dramatically engaging inner world that is forever being obsessively cultivated. Indeed, facilitating the patient in his or her efforts to forge a usable bridge between these generally discontinuous worlds is no small part of the task of the therapist who elects to work with such young artists.

An analysis of the link between manic-depressive illness and artistic temperament focuses on the medical histories of some creative geniuses

An analysis of the link between manic-depressive illness and artistic temperament focuses on the medical histories of some creative geniuses