{"product_id":"hope-63","title":"Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the well known myth of Pandora, hope was the last and most need gift at the bottom of a box of myriad misfortunes let loose on an unsuspecting world. For most human beings hope is a positive benefit. Anna Potamianou shows how in the 'borderline' patient hope can become a perverted and omnipotent means of denying reality. Indeed, in such individuals any state of mind or feeling can take on the status of an object, which is then used as a barrier against their fear of change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe psychic economy and dynamics of borderline states are not yet well understood and this book makes an important contribution to the clinical debate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54979299737944,"sku":"9780415121774","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415121774.jpg?v=1777956321","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hope-63","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}