The Cry for Myth -- Rollo May

<p>It happens almost daily in a therapist's office. A patient, recalling a person, an event, an emotion, quite unexpectedly supplies a link from a life in the present to one of the durable myths of our culture. In this moment, the myth becomes a mirror, revealing to the patient the source of disturbance and pain in a pattern of behavior that often stretches a year or longer. The healing process begins. The myth, "eternity breaking into time" in Rollo Mays's words, becomes the focal point of recovery.</p><p>Through tracing myths - whether from classical Greece and Dante's Middle Ages, European legend (Faust and the prototype of Sleeping Beauty), or contemporary American life (Jay Gatsby) -- and relating them to the dreams and associations he encounters in his own practice, Dr. May provides meaning and structure for all who seek direction in a morally confusing world.</p><p>In this, perhaps the finest achievement of a great therapist, Rollo May writes with "the grace, wit, and style: for which he recently received the Gold Medal of the American Psychological Society.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Rollo May<br><b>Publisher:</b> W. W. Norton & Company<br><b>Published:</b> 05/01/1991<br><b>Pages:</b> 324<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.91lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.44h x 5.58w x 0.78d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780393331776