"Psychoanalysis is often about turning our ghosts into……" — Norman Doidge
"Psychoanalysis is often about turning our ghosts into ancestors, even for patients who have not lost loved ones to death. We are often haunted by important relationships from the past that influence us unconsciously in the present. As we work them through, they go from haunting us to becoming simply part of our history. (243)"
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Norman Doidge
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9 Quotes by Norman Doidge
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