Howard B. Levine

On the Destruction and Death Drives

by Andre Green

‘Living with the idea of bearing a death-force fundamentally directed at oneself is hardly easy to admit. It is less so in any case than the idea that we are all murderers, that we are ever ready to... (more)

Autistic Phenomena and Unrepresented States: Explorations in the Emergence of Self

Edited by Howard B. Levine, Jani Santamaria

With contributions from Anne Alvarez, Joshua Durban, Jeffrey L. Eaton, Bernard Golse, Didier Houzel, Howard B. Levine, Suzanne Maiello, Sylvain Missonnier, Bernd Nissen, Marganit Ofer, and Jani... (more)

The Clinical Thinking of W. R. Bion in Brazil: Supervisions and Commentaries

Edited by Howard B. Levine, Gisele de Mattos Brito

The Clinical Thinking of W. R. Bion in Brazil is comprised of thirteen transcriptions of supervisions Wilfred Bion conducted during his three teaching and speaking tours of Brazil.

During these... (more)

Affect, Representation and Language: Between the Silence and the Cry

by Howard B. Levine

This book presents and elaborates on the rationale and implications of the transformational dimension of psychoanalysis. In so doing, it attempts to extend psychoanalytic theory and practice beyond... (more)

Unrepresented States and the Construction of Meaning: Clinical and Theoretical Contributions

Edited by Howard B. Levine, Gail S. Reed

In the last several decades, the analytic field has widened considerably in scope. The therapeutic task is now seen by an increasing number of analysts to require that patient and analyst work... (more)

Engaging Primitive Anxieties of the Emerging Self: The Legacy of Frances Tustin

Edited by Howard B. Levine, David G. Power

Frances Tustin was a pioneering child psychotherapist who broke new ground in working with autistic children in the latter half of the twentieth century. This book amplifies and extends contributions... (more)

Bion in Brazil: Supervisions and Commentaries

by Wilfred R. Bion

The discovery, translation into English, and publication of these previously unpublished recordings of Bion’s clinical supervisions in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with commentaries by leading Brazilian... (more)

The Freudian Matrix of André Green: Towards a Psychoanalysis for the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Howard B. Levine

The Freudian Matrix of André Green presents seven papers, never previously published in English, that will allow readers to more closely follow and more fully understand the development of Green’s... (more)

The W.R. Bion Tradition

Edited by Howard B. Levine, Giuseppe Civitarese

This book engages a truly international group of distinguished Bion scholars, offering a wide variety of contemporary clinical and theoretical explorations and extensions of the seminal work of... (more)

The Post-Bionian Field Theory of Antonino Ferro: Theoretical Analysis and Clinical Application

Edited by Howard B. Levine

This exciting and original collection explores Antonino Ferro's post-Bionian Field Theory, expanding upon the analytic work of Wilfred Bion to focus on the intersubjective development of psychic... (more)

Andre Green Revisited: Representation and the Work of the Negative

Edited by Gail S. Reed, Howard B. Levine

André Green was a leading voice in French psychoanalysis, a brilliant thinker and an innovative contributor to the psychoanalytic field. His writings sit at the crossroads of contemporary... (more)

Psychoanalysis of the Psychoanalytic Frame Revisited: A New Look at José Bleger’s Classic Work

by Carlos Moguillansky, Howard B. Levine

Psychoanalysis of the Psychoanalytic Frame Revisited provides an in-depth discussion of José Bleger’s work, broadening current knowledge and focusing on his significant contribution to psychoanalytic... (more)

On Freud's "Screen Memories"

Edited by Gail S. Reed, Howard B. Levine

The concept of "screen memories" was introduced by Freud for the first time in his 1899 paper, reprinted here in its entirety. Although the clinical interest in "screen memories" has perhaps... (more)

Growth and Turbulence in the Container/Contained: Bion's Continuing Legacy

Edited by Howard B. Levine, Lawrence J. Brown

Wilfred Bion remains the most cited author in psychoanalytic literature after Sigmund Freud. His formulation of alpha function, waking dream thoughts, his theory of thinking and of the... (more)

Adult Analysis and Childhood Sexual Abuse

Edited by Howard B. Levine

A study of the effects of childhood sexual abuse on adult analysis. Topics covered include the sequelae of sexual maltreatment of children; the impact of incest trauma on ego development; and... (more)

Psychoanalysis and Covidian Life: Common Distress, Individual Experience

Edited by Howard B. Levine, Ana de Staal

Bringing together a dozen contributions from psychoanalysts of many different countries and theoretical orientations, Psychoanalysis and Covidian Life, a collective work edited by Howard Levine and... (more)

The Bion Seminars at the A-Santamaria Association: Clinical and Theoretical Explorations

Edited by Howard B. Levine, Jani Santamaria

The Bion Seminars at the A-Santamaria Association offers readers insightful analyses and commentaries on Bion’s key papers and books, as well as providing a unique set of discussions and explorations... (more)