KIRSTEN ROGOFF and ASSOCIATES

Reading Review                                                        Page 8

Our Inner Conflicts

Karen Horney

This is one of Ms. Horney’s classics written for anyone interested in a detailed exploration on  what was then termed as ‘’Neurosis”. It is written in such a logical, methodical, and patient style, that it is a shame that more writers don’t adopt such an approach.

Karen Horney, who was originally from Germany, pioneered a more  equal approach to psychology in terms of gender than Freud did.

Horney’s book focuses on the development of neurosis and how finding out what the core conflict of a person is in treatment is essential to explaining symptomatic behavior and to facilitate his/her recovery.

She also points out that there is an idealized image that neurotics tend to adopt that clashes with how they see themselves at their core. Highly recommend reading.-K-