The Road Less Traveled

by Peck, M. Scott

• ISBN13: 9780671250676
• ISBN10: 0671250671
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1980-01-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

A psychiatrist suggests ways in which confronting and resolving problems, a painful process most people try to avoid, can lead to greater self-understanding and spiritual growth

Author Biography

M. Scott Peck, M.D., is a psychiatrist and author

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xii
Discipline
Problems and Pain	p. 1
Delaying Gratification	p. 6
The Sins of the Father	p. 9
Problem-Solving and Time	p. 18
Responsibility	p. 26
Neuroses and Character Disorders	p. 29
Escape from Freedom	p. 36
Dedication to Reality	p. 43
Transference: The Outdated Map	p. 46
Openness to Challenge	p. 53
Withholding Truth	p. 64
Balancing	p. 72
The Healthiness of Depression	p. 79
Renunication and Rebirth	p. 84
Love Defined	p. 93
Falling in "Love"	p. 98
The Myth of Romantic Love	p. 107
More About Ego Boundaries	p. 112
Dependency	p. 118
Cathexis Without Love	p. 130
"Self-Sacrifice"	p. 138
Love Is Not a Feeling	p. 145
The Work of Attention	p. 151
The Risk of Loss	p. 167
The Risk of Independence	p. 172
The Risk of Commitment	p. 180
The Risk of Confrontation	p. 195
Love Is Disciplined	p. 203
Love Is Separateness	p. 211
Love and Psychotherapy	p. 224
The Mystery of Love	p. 240
Growth and Religion
World Views and Religion	p. 244
The Religion of Science	p. 256
The Case of Kathy	p. 262
The Case of Marcia	p. 278
The Case of Theodore	p. 282
The Baby and the Bath Water	p. 298
Scientific Tunnel Vision	p. 303
Grace
The Miracle of Health	p. 314
The Miracle of the Unconscious	p. 325
The Miracle of Serendipity	p. 341
The Definition of Grace	p. 351
The Miracle of Evolution	p. 355
The Alpha and the Omega	p. 363
Entropy and Original Sin	p. 367
The Problem of Evil	p. 376
The Evolution of Consciousness	p. 379
The Nature of Power	p. 386
Grace and Mental Illness: The Myth of Orestes	p. 393
Resistance to Grace	p. 405
The Welcoming of Grace	p. 419
Afterword	p. 428
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