DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS

UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

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 […]