Karen Horney and Character Disorder

Who is Karen Horney and why are her psychoanalytic ideas so important in today''s world of once-per-week dynamic psychotherapy? Horney was one of the first analysts to challenge basic Freudian assertions such as the psychoanalytic account of female development. She had a revolutionary focus on present-oriented treatment, and a powerfully-optimistic attitude toward patient growth and change.

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