How to Be an Adult: A Handbook on Psychological and Spiritual Integration

How to Be an Adult: A Handbook on Psychological and Spiritual IntegrationLiving life as a happy, mature adult does not always come easily to all of us. In this best selling work, David Richo conveys to his readers just how to do this, based on his many years' experience as a psychotherapist and workshop leader. The author uses as a model the heroic journey whose three phases departure, struggle, and return explain what happens in us as we evolve from neurotic ego through healthy ego to the spiritual Self. Departure is

Living life as a happy, mature adult does not always come easily to all of us. In this best-selling work, David Richo conveys to his readers just how to do this, based on his many years' experience as a psychotherapist and workshop leader. The author uses as a model the heroic journey whose three phases--departure, struggle, and return--explain what happens in us as we evolve from neurotic ego through healthy ego to the spiritual Self. Departure is explored by helping the reader deal with fear, anger, and guilt, and building self-esteem. Through struggle one learns to maintain boundaries and build intimacy in relationships. And the result is a return to wholeness and love through integration. This thoughtful, approachable work is filled with checklists, diagrams, and literary quotations for meditation, making this a book to read and digest a little at a time for best results. How to Be an Adult will guide readers on their positive journey from fear, through power, to love.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 01/01/1991
ISBN: 9780809132232
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.00w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Library Journal 05/01/1991