DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS

UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

The Psychology of Poise

“The Psychology of Poise” begins with the description of a woman who achieves a sense of poise and self-control by having a drink or a cigarette “ready to be put to her lips at any tense or challenging moment.”  Rangell goes on to discuss and dissect the manifestations of the individual’s need to maintain poise […]