The Art of Listening: Understanding Oneself and Understanding the Mind of Modern People

Understanding is the foundation of love, and the ability to love begins with learning the art of listening!

Self-analysis is a lifelong active awareness of oneself in order to become more aware of one's own unconscious motives, all that is important in one's psyche, one's own goals, one's own contradictions and inconsistencies. —Fromm

Fromm is a sociologist, philosopher, and psychologist who has been engaged in psychotherapy for more than fifty years. "The Art of Listening" contains unpublished texts from Fromm during his lifetime, as well as audio transcripts compiled from his classes and lectures, giving the world a first-hand understanding of Fromm as a psychotherapist.

"Why am I like this" is the basic goal of most psychotherapy, but what Fromm wanted to know was "who am I". He believes that psychoanalysis is not only a method of psychotherapy, but also a tool for people to understand themselves, liberate themselves, and master the art of life.

Fromm's humanistic views also profoundly influenced the way he treated patients. He believed that only when the therapist can piece together the patient's experience in his heart and empathize with the patient's experience, can he know what the patient is saying. In The Art of Listening, Fromm studied the communication between healer and patient. In communication, the therapist sees himself or herself as a person specially trained in the "art of listening," and the technique of psychoanalysis is the art of listening.

This book contains simple theories and dream analysis cases. Fromm also provides insights and ways to improve the spiritual weaknesses of modern people. In addition to professionals, this book is also suitable for general readers. Not only can they be inspired by Fromm's wise words, but they can also learn how to understand themselves.