Jennifer Kunst

Wisdom from the Couch

Jennifer Kunst

An intelligent and sophisticated volume that applies the wisdom of contemporary psychoanalytic theory and clinical experience to everyday life.Complex psychological dynamics are made accessible as the reader comes to understand how the unconscious mind works in terms of growth, love, work, finding direction, and making peace with ourselves and one another.A timely and much-needed alternative to quick-fix self-help models.Illustrates how the unconscious mind works through the use of timeless myths, spiritual traditions, literature, popular culture, and the author’s experiences as a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst.Dr. Kunst writes the popular blog, A Headshrinker’s Guide to the Galaxy, for the Psychology Today website.