The Absent Father Effect on Daughters

Winner of the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) Book Award for Best Clinical Book 2021, this book investigates the impact of absent—physically or emotionally—and inadequate fathers on their daughters through Jungian analytical psychology. Susan E. Schwartz tells the stories of daughters who describe self-insecurity, personality disintegration, and silencing of their voices. The book delves into the deep psychological and archetypal issues of fathers and daughters, both personal and collective.

Schwartz uses clinical examples to show how daughters can overcome idealizations, betrayals, abandonments, and losses to move towards repair and renewal. By incorporating dreams, personal stories, fairy tales, Sylvia Plath's poetry, and psychoanalytic theory, the book expands and elucidates Jungian concepts.

Essential reading for understanding the complex dynamics between daughters and fathers, this book is highly relevant for analytical and depth psychologists, therapy professionals, academics, and students with Jungian and post-Jungian interests.

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Author: Susan E. Schwartz

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