Loneliness and Longing: Conscious and Unconscious Aspects

Focusing on a universal human experience that has been neglected in the therapeutical literature, this volume presents 26 essays by psychoanalysts in Canada and the US, divided into themes and contexts such as aging, the traumatized analyst, sociocultural examples of loneliness, and new developments in loneliness due to cyberspace. The essays offer in-depth analysis of specific cases, treatments, outcomes, and avenues for future study. Broad in scope and well-edited, this is a useful, thought-provoking addition to the literature. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)