Karen Horney — a German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst, a student of Z. Freud, who developed, alongside K. G. Jung and E. Fromm, a new approach to psychoanalysis.
The book presents a description of a neurotic personality—with its conflicts, experiences, and numerous difficulties encountered in relationships with the surrounding world.
Examining different types of neuroses, the author focuses on describing a certain character structure that, to one degree or another, is present in all neurotics. She comes to the conclusion about the substantial importance of upbringing for the development of personality.