Search results for "psychoanalysis"
The Suppressed Madness of Sane Men: Forty-Four Years of Exploring Psychoanalysis
Marion Milner introduces this edited collection of her papers from 1942 to 1977 with a fascinating biographical account of her development in psychoanalysis. The collection includes her classic... (more)
Life and Death in Psychoanalysis
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Papers on Psychoanalysis
This volume brings together many of the important writings of Hans Loewald, one of the major theoreticians of psychoanalysis today. Among other subjects, Dr. Loewald discusses the nature of the... (more)
The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and the Problem of Domination
Explores the difference between the sexes with reference to object-relations theory and Hegelian philosophy.
Psychoanalysis and Culture: A Kleinian Perspective
Through her numerous books and papers in learned journals, Hanna Segal has made contributions that have profoundly influenced contemporary psychoanalytic thinking. This influence extends far beyond... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Developmental Therapy
Many books have recently appeared on a variety of psychoanalytic topics, but relatively few have dealt specifically with problems of technique and with the theory that informs those techniques. It is... (more)
The Chains of Eros: The Sexual in Psychoanalysis
André Green, a leading figure in contemporary psychoanalytic theory, deplores the absence of sexuality and the erotic from current psychoanalytic theory and practice. Instead, he demonstrates how... (more)
Feminism and its discontents: A century of struggle with psychoanalysis
With Sigmund Freud flummoxed on the question of what women want, any encounter between psychoanalysis and feminism would seem to promise a standoff. However, Mari Jo Buhle argues that the... (more)
The Dove That Returns, The Dove That Vanishes: Paradox and Creativity in Psychoanalysis
The nature of psychoanalysis seems contradictory - deeply personal, subjective and intuitive, yet requiring systematic theory and principles of technique. In The Dove that Returns, The Dove that... (more)
Organization in the Mind: Psychoanalysis, Group Relations and Organizational Consultancy
David Armstrong has been a leading figure internationally in the fields of organizational consultancy and group relations for many years. Robert French and Russ Vince have gathered together, for the... (more)
Post-Kleinian Psychoanalysis: The Biella Seminars
Kenneth Sanders' book combines a historical approach to the literature of Freud, Klein and the Post Kleinian development, with demonstrations of the central role of dream analysis. Students and... (more)
Disappearing and Reviving: Sandor Ferenczi in the History of Psychoanalysis
This book is an indispensable work for anyone interested in the pioneering psychoanalyst Sandor Ferenczi.
As the supervisor of the recently published correspondence between Freud and Ferenczi,... (more)
Mirror to Nature: Drama, Psychoanalysis and Society
This book brings the insights of psychoanalysis to bear on drama in the western dramatic tradition. Plays which are discussed in detail include works by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, Wilde, and... (more)
Thinking for Clinicians: Philosophical Resources for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Humanistic Psychotherapies
Whether they are supervisees entering analytic training or veteran analysts with twenty years of private practice, many capable psychoanalysts express frustration or doubt when trying to locate their... (more)
Reading French Psychoanalysis
How has psychoanalysis developed in France in the years since Lacan so dramatically polarized the field? In this book, Dana Birksted-Breen and Sara Flanders of the British Psychoanalytical Society,... (more)
Repair of the Soul: Metaphors of Transformation in Jewish Mysticism and Psychoanalysis
Examines transformation from the perspective of Jewish mysticism and psychoanalysis, addressing the question of how one achieves self-understanding that leads not only to insight but also to... (more)
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal (2024 Individual Subscription)
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis Journal is an international journal sponsored by Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology , which aims to promote the theory and practice of working with couple and... (more)
Destructiveness, Intersubjectivity and Trauma: The Identity Crisis of Modern Psychoanalysis
'At last we have a book that provides a comprehensive overview and assessment of the intersubjective turn in psychoanalysis, showing its logical and clinical limitations and exploring its social and... (more)
Revolution in Mind: The Creation of Psychoanalysis
George Makari answers two fundamental questions: How did Freudian theory come together as a body of ideas, and how did these ideas attract followers who spread this model of the mind throughout the... (more)
Shame and Sexuality: Psychoanalysis and Visual Culture
Why do human beings feel shame? What is the cultural dimension of shame and sexuality? Can theory understand the power of affect? How is psychoanalysis integral to cultural theory? The experience of... (more)
Freud's Free Clinics: Psychoanalysis and Social Justice, 1918-1938
Many view Sigmund Freud as an elitist whose psychoanalytic treatment was reserved for the intellectually and financially advantaged. This work presents a different picture of Freud and early... (more)
Listening to Hanna Segal: Her Contribution to Psychoanalysis
How has Hanna Segal influenced psychoanalysis today? Jean-Michel Quinodoz provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of Segal's life, her clinical and theoretical work, and her contribution to... (more)
Becoming a Person Through Psychoanalysis
What Neville Symington is attempting to do in this book is to trace the pathway along which he has travelled to become a person. This has run side by side with trying to become an analyst. The author... (more)
Key Ideas for a Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Misrecognition and Recognition of the Unconscious
Andre Green attempts the complex task of identifying and examining the key ideas for a contemporary psychoanalytic practice. This undertaking is motivated both by the need for an outline of the... (more)
Introducing Psychoanalysis: Essential Themes and Topics
Introducing Psychoanalysis brings together leading analysts to explain what psychoanalysis is and how it has developed, providing an overview of the wide variety of psychoanalytic ideas that are... (more)
The Matrix of Hysteria: Psychoanalysis of the Struggle Between the Sexes as Enacted in the Body
The current diversity in psychoanalytic theories of hysteria h confused our understanding of the concept. Matrix of Hysteria offers a new perspective, which draws on previous theories to present a... (more)
The Analyst's Ear and the Critic's Eye: Rethinking Psychoanalysis and Literature
The Analyst's Ear and the Critic's Eye is the first volume of literary criticism to be co-authored by a practicing psychoanalyst and a literary critic. The result of this unique collaboration is a... (more)
Psychoanalysis in the Technoculture Era
By now the internet and other forms of virtual communication have been in place for at least twenty years. However, surprisingly little has been written about the use of new technologies in the... (more)