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 The Therapies of Literature
by Richard W. Wiseman
The Therapies of Literature are richer and deeper, more moving, more human than anything we have yet called psychology. Using names of schools of psychology, Jungian, Bio-energetic, Existential, merely gives a frame to the possible discussions, a place to start. How many fictions are about human loneliness, human courage - the aspects of our lives of major concern to all therapists. How many ways can we as readers know more about all the others, the unseen companions of our frantic or bored hours, know their fortitude, even in those ultimate moments: a child is born, a beloved person dies. What else does literature have but this - the many guises of one life.
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The Therapies of Literature