The work of counterwill reviewed, addressing the roots of counterwil
- Rank, O. (1929-31). Will Therapy. W. W. Norton (1978).
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Amundson, J. (1981). Will in the Psychology of Otto Rank: A Transpersonal Perspective. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. 13 (2): 113.
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Rank, O. in Lieberman, E. J. (1985). Acts of Will: The Life and Work of Otto Rank. Free Press.
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Neufeld, G., and Maté, G. (2013). Hold on to your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter more than Peers. Random House.
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Neufeld, G. (2009): Making Sense of Counterwill. Online course, Neufeld Institute
 
Helping to grow out of counterwill
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Erikson, Erik. 1985. Childhood and Society W.W. Norton, New York.
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Kohut, H. (2009). The Analysis of the Self. University of Chicago Press.
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Maslow, A.(1968). Toward a Psychology of Being, (1st edition, 1962; 2nd edition, 1968).
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Rogers, C. (1961). On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy. London: Constable.
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Kohn, A. (2018). Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes. Houghton Mifflin.