Contract with the Soul

Author: Huang Guosheng
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: The theory of the (persona) posits that the personality is composed of "personas." Each persona represents a facet of a person, or a sub-personality. It is an integrated whole, consisting of psychological elements such as cognition, emotion, and will. The combination of these elements is driven by "tasks" or contexts, and the persona is the psychological activity and behavioral expression of people in specific situations. Personas and contexts correspond to each other. Psychological disorders arise when a persona is misused in the wrong context, or when a persona has too much or too little of a certain element. Psychological therapy involves correcting personas, defining boundaries for them, and regulating their scope of use. Based on the author's years of clinical experience in psychological treatment, this book analyzes, clarifies, and answers various common psychological disorders in contemporary society in the form of essays and. The author also applies the fundamental principles of modern psychology to creatively reinterpret several motifs from ancient Chinese mythology in the book.