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RSSEarly in the summer of 2011, not long after we arrived in Colorado, I received an email from our good friends in Los Angeles who also own a cabin down the road from us. They had offered the use of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Envy and Jealousy
The Oedipus Complex in Divorce Situations
In toxic divorce situations where a vengeful mother tries to turn her son against the boy’s father, it has the lethal effect of confirming his Oedipal fantasies, with lasting damage to the boy’s sense of self and his respect for authority. Continue reading
Sigmund Freud and the Oedipus Complex
Sigmund Freud’s theory of the Oedipus complex doesn’t get much airplay these days but it’s still a highly relevant aspect of family life and psycho-dynamic psychotherapy. Continue reading
Envy and Jealousy
A discussion of envy and how the envious person wishes to spoil or destroy the object of envy. This article includes a clinical example from one psychotherapy case, as well as a personal example of envious behavior from the author. Continue reading
Posted in Envy and Jealousy, Rules of the Road
Tagged Envy, hatred, Jealousy, Psychotherapy
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Envy and Self-Sabotage
A discussion of the subtle role of envy in certain forms of self-sabotage, with clinical material to illustrate it. Continue reading
Posted in Destinations, Envy and Jealousy, Self-Esteem and Self-Sabotage
Tagged Envy, hatred, Psychotherapy, self-sabotage
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