Examines the psychological nature of non-mental illness and its effect on our being-in-in-the-world. The author argues that the traditional cause-and-effect approach to illness ignores the patient's long term psychological needs or changes.
Defining the demands and expectations that parents place upon their offspring from the very beginning, this book explains how even the youngest can adapt to a role that is expected of them. It demonstrates how parents can transfer problems from their own childhood into this new relationship.
