Carotenuto has analyzed Kafka's classic works and found a desire for truth and love that he defines as "the call of the daimon--the call that destroys all misconceptions and self-delusions. Revealing the events that shaped Kafka's life and created the driving force of his art, the author shows how Kafka's novels are an attempt to be true to this call.

This unique account by a dance and drama therapist is the first of its kind to integrate Jungian theory, creative arts therapy, and developmental object relations theory successfully. Using the arts as a psycho-therapeutic tool, trauma and addiction are explored and enacted, calling upon the imaginal realm of the arts as a vehicle for transformation and recovery. The author has a diploma in gestalt therapy and has taught the arts in psychotherapy for over 20 years.