The Lies We Tell Ourselves: How to Face the Truth, Accept Yourself, and Create a Better Life

The Lies We Tell Ourselves: How to Face the Truth, Accept Yourself, and Create a Better Life
by Jon Frederickson (Author) – January 1, 2017

Do you feel stuck in your life? Do you wonder why? Does something seem wrong, but you can't put your finger on it? In The Lies We Tell Ourselves, psychotherapist Jon Frederickson reveals the ways we fool ourselves and how to get unstuck.
Through dozens of stories and examples, he demonstrates that the apparent cause of our problems is almost never the real cause. In addition, he reveals what we really fear and how to face it. In the spirit of Stephen Grosz and Irving Yalom, Frederickson shows how to recognize the lies we tell ourselves and face the truths we have avoided and stop saying yes when we really mean no
Although we may use falsehoods to escape pain, clinging to our fantasies actually becomes the source of greater suffering. This book shows how to create a better life by letting go of our lies and facing reality. It also demonstrates that therapy is not merely a chat; it is a relationship between two people devoted to facing the deepest truths of our lives so we can be healed.

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Product Details
Paperback: 174 pages
Publisher: Seven Leaves Press (January 1, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0988378884
ISBN-13: 978-0988378889
Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.7 x 8.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Author This Book

Jon is on the faculty of the Washington School of Psychiatry where he is co chair of the Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Training Program. He is also chair of the Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Training program of the Norwegian ISTDP Society and faculty on the ISTDP Training Program of the Italian EDT Society and the Laboratorium Psykoeducaji in Warsaw.