{"id":4309,"date":"2023-02-16T21:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T21:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=4309"},"modified":"2023-02-19T17:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T17:09:47","slug":"quaker-resonances-in-psychoanalytic-thinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2023\/quaker-resonances-in-psychoanalytic-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Quaker Resonances in Psychoanalytic Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denise Cullington<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, when we write something, we want to be able to reach others. I\u2019m writing to let Friends
\nknow that two books I wrote earlier are now in the library at 43. You may be interested to
\nknow of them. Both bring psychoanalytic ideas in relation to everyday life, for the
\neveryday reader. And I think Quakers will find much that resonates. The approach is not a
\nspiritual one, but one that attends to the unconscious in ways that I think many of us will
\nrecognise and may find useful. The ideas are Quakerly in that they concern what we all
\ngrapple with; unwanted and painful feelings such as sadness, anger, vulnerability, jealousy,
\nhatred and self-hatred- which when we push them aside can also have their own
\nimpact on us.
\nThe first book, Breaking Up Blues is, like it says on the tin, about breakup and divorce, about
\nguilt and grief, wish to blame, about the addictiveness of battles \u2013 and all that can get in the
\nway of moving on and parenting well for the future. The second, The Rough Beast:
\nPsychoanalysis in Everyday Life, stemmed from my pleasure in writing the first, and my
\nfeeling that analysts are generally lousy at writing for the general reader, and what a
\nloss that is, because some of the ideas are powerful and useful. You can find the first
\nchapter of both books on the Amazon Look Inside page (sorry), and the many reviews.<\/p>\n

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This Month’s Forty-Three Newsletter Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n