Branny Smith, Branny Mthelebofu

Emotional Indigestion

Illness Shaping Bodies, Families, and Communities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"What we repress returns-healing begins when silence is broken." In this groundbreaking book, Dr Branny Mthelebofu exposes the silent epidemic of emotional indigestion-the unprocessed pain that shapes marriages, families, and communities.This book offers a psychoanalytic exploration of how attachment, repression, transference, and ego dissolution operate within African contexts of family, marriage, and identity. Dr Branny Mthelebofu applies Freud's and Jung's frameworks to real-world case reflections-from rural women in arranged marriages, to educated professionals in Pretoria, New York City, London, Australia, Angola, Zimbabwe, to men negotiating fragile masculinities in the Limpopo and North West. By unpacking the hidden dynamics of repression and emotional pain, this work challenges conventional understandings of mental health in patriarchal and communal societies. It further illuminates how even therapists and helping professionals remain vulnerable to their own "emotional indigestions," perpetuating cycles of unresolved trauma. Part story, part psychology, part healing guide, offers not only insight but also practical tools to reclaim selfhood. The book closes with a practical workbook section, designed for both individuals and professionals, offering tools to identify repression patterns, work through transference dynamics, and reclaim authentic selfhood. Scholarly yet accessible, deeply local yet globally relevant, this book is essential reading for students, researchers, therapists, and anyone concerned with the intersections of psychology, culture, and emotional health.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Banny Joma Enterprise
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9798231400812
• Artikelnr.: 75345603

Autorenporträt

The author is a filmmaker, nutrition therapist and holistic counselor who understand the principle of character development through scriptwriting. His role is to assist clients to attain peace of mind through interactive holistic therapy. He is also consulting online for patients who seek happiness and joy during counselling. Branny Mthelebofu, as a musician, " Branny Smith" he is writing lyrics about life challenges, happiness and peace of mind as part musical therapy for his clients and the society. His passion is mental health and psychoanalysis. As a filmmaker/producer/scriptwriter he prefers to write stories about personal challenges and a journey that has no solution but provide peace of mind at the end to show that your darker side could be resolved through someone.