Beat the rise! Delivery fees are going up soon.
Steve Ayan is a German psychologist, scientific journalist and author. He studied psychology, literary translation and science journalism in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Reading and Naples. He is editor-in-chief at the magazine Gehirn&Geist. His research specialises in consciousness research, moral psychology and psychotherapy. Ayan lives in Heidelberg, Germany.
Ayan's evocative storytelling reveals a fascinating cultural and intellectual history of psychotherapy. . . Soul Magic invites us to reconsider the legendary figures who shaped our 'talking cure', as well as the 'magic' for our soul that we could expect from it -- Julia Bueno, author of Everyone's a Critic A captivating insight into a century full of ideas, conflicts, and personal dramas. For anyone interested in psychology and its history, this book is a delightful read. Enriched with numerous historical images, it transports readers to a bygone century while entertainingly teaching the history of psychology * MDR Wissen * A brilliant writer. He masterfully combines anecdote with analysis, characters and their theory * Tages-Anzeiger * A really, really good storyteller. . . The fact that he tells the story so richly is precisely the great strength of this book * Deutschlandfunk Kultur * It's fascinating to read how all the forms of psychology that concern us today had their beginnings around a hundred years ago - even those expressed in self-help gurus, keynote speakers, and influencers * Galore * It is extremely refreshing how Ayan, saturated with facts and biographical knowledge, goes against the grain of psychoanalysis. A salutary demystification that should give us food for thought even today * Frankfurter Neue Presse *
