Alfred Adler
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The Myth of Confidence: Examining the Forgotten Virtue of Courage through Psychoanalytic Lenses
“The enduring allure of Hamlet’s personal travails—his waning confidence over courage and his emotionality overpowering his rationality—have captured the hearts and minds of audiences for generations. However, to truly appreciate the relationship between confidence and courage in the broadest sense, one might question whether, in recent years, confidence has taken a more prominent position, overshadowing… Continue reading
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Reflections from a therapy room 