Leonard Shengold Books
Soul Murder Revisited: Thoughts about Therapy, Hate, Love, and Memory
"Since the publication of Dr. Leonard Shengold's highly acclaimed book Soul Murder in 1989, issues of child abuse have become the subject of much public debate. Now Dr. Shengold offers his latest r...
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Soul Murder
To abuse or neglect a child, to deprive the child of his or her own identity and ability to experience joy in life, is to commit soul murder. Soul murder is the perpetration of brutal or subtle act...
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Is There Life Without Mother Psychoanalysis Biography Creativity
""Is there life without mother?" is a patient's plaintive summary, after years of analysis, of his ongoing struggle to find his own identity. But the question is also, as Leonard Shengold reminds u...
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