Beyond Fear

(Paperback, 20th Anniversary edition)

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Dorothy Rowe shows us how to have the courage to acknowledge and face our fears only through courage can we find a sustaining happiness.
Beyond Fear, first published in 1987, has changed the lives of thousands of people. In this edition, the renowned psychologist Dorothy Rowe examines the changes in the psychiatric system since 1987 in the context of showing how most of our suffering comes from our greatest fear, that of being annihilated as a person, when we shall disappear like a puff of smoke in the wind, never to have existed.

We feel this fear whenever others humiliate or belittle us, or whenever we discover a serious discrepancy between what we thought our life was and what it actually is. The greater our fear, the more desperate our defence against it, the most desperate of defences being what psychiatrists call mental disorders. Yet, by knowing ourselves we can go beyond our fear and face life with courage.

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'This is a most extraordinary and valuable book and Dorothy Rowe is a most extraordinary and valuable person. Not only is she phenomenally wise, but she imparts her wisdom in a kind of prose poetry that moves, enlightens, reforms, beguiles and educates all at ones.' Fay Weldon 'Dorothy Rowe's is the calm voice of reason in an increasingly mad world. Buy this book.' Sue Townsend 'Dorothy Rowe has a unique ability to tackle our most fundamental emotions and issues with her innate wisdom, common sense and quiet compassion. In a market saturated with pop psychology paperbacks with their quick-fix jargon, she reminds us that we are both the creators and thus also the destroyers of our deepest fears and looks beyond dependency to encourage us to find our own solutions.' Meera Syal

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For over thirty years therapist and teacher Dorothy Rowe has brought her outstanding qualities of originality, clarity and unfailing wisdom to bear on the problems that affect every one of us in our lives. Most importantly, Dorothy Rowe works. Born in Australia in 1930, Dorothy Rowe worked as a teacher and child psychologist in Australia, then took her PhD at Sheffield University. From 1972 until 1986 she was head of the North Lincolnshire Dept of Clinical Psychology. She is now engaged in writing, lecturing and research, and is renowned for her work on how we communicate, and why we suffer. Her first book, The Experience of Depression, was published in 1978 and republished as Choosing not Losing in 1988. The Construction of Life and Death, published in 1982 was republished as The Courage to Live in 1991. Her very popular Depression: The Way out of your Prison was published in 1983 with a second edition in 1996. Living with the Bomb: Can We Live Without Enemies, was published in 1985, Beyond Fear in 1987, The Successful Self in 1988, The Depression Handbook in 1990 and reissued in 1991 as Breaking the Bonds: Wanting Everything, in 1991, Time on Our Side in 1994 and Dorothy Rowes Guide to Life in 1995. The Real Meaning of Money, was published in September 1997. Friends and Enemies was published in 2000, and a special edition of Beyond Fear was published in 2007 to coincide with the 20th anniversary of its original publication.