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The Drama of the Gifted Child and the Search for the True Self

  • 155 pages ยท about 3 hours
  • First published 1981
  • 9 editions

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1 About this book

Now revised and updated to reflect the author's new insights, this modern classic explains why many of the most successful children and adults are plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation--and tells how to break the cycle.

Good for readers who want: mental health, psychology, self-improvement, and a short read.

  • Mental health
  • Psychology, pathological
  • Pathological Psychology
  • Psychology
  • Child psychology
  • Repression (Psychology)
  • Self-help
  • Gifted children

2 About Alice Miller

1923โ€“2010

Alice Miller (Swiss Standard German:; born Alicja Englard; 12 January 1923 โ€“ 14 April 2010) was a Polish-Swiss psychologist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher noted for her books on parental child abuse, translated into several languages. She was also a noted public intellectual. Her 1979 book The Drama of the Gifted Child caused a sensation and became an international bestseller upon the English publication in 1981.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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