Facts about Karen Horney's Theory of Neurosis
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Horney identified ten specific neurotic needs, such as the need for affection, power, or prestige, which she grouped into her three interpersonal coping strategies.
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In Karen Horney's theory of neurosis, the 'idealized self' represents an unrealistic image a person constructs to escape feelings of inadequacy and basic anxiety.
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Unlike Freud, Karen Horney rejected the concept of penis envy as a universal female experience, proposing instead that cultural and social factors shape neurosis.
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Horney described three neurotic strategies for coping with basic anxiety: moving toward people, moving against people, and moving away from people.
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Central to Karen Horney's theory of neurosis is the concept of 'basic anxiety,' arising from feelings of isolation and helplessness in a potentially hostile world.