Über Liebe und Liebesfähigkeit aus psychoanalytisch-individualpsychologischer Perspektive

Summary About love and capacity to love from the perspective of psychoanalytic individual psychology Both, love and the capacity to love are regarded as central concerns of our patients in psychoanalytic treatment. While the use of the term love and its understanding can lead to countless misunderstandings and pervades the entire history of mankind, the ability to love is a complex processual personality function that can be restricted by pathological inhibitions caused during early development. This article traces the dimensions of the capacity to love and allows its’ components to be located in the psychoanalytic process.