Lavinia Gomez
Lavinia Gomez worked for thirty years as a psychotherapist and supervisor and as a trainer at a number of psychotherapy training organisations. She is the author of three books that reflect her interests in Object Relations and in philosophy, especially the philosophy of psychoanalysis and the legitimacy of psychoanalysis as a subject.
An Introduction to Object Relations
Presents a critical introduction to the work of Melanie Klein, D.W.Winnicott, W.R.D. Fairbairn, Michael Balint, H.J.S. Guntrip and John Bowlby. Subsequent chapters concentrate on the practice of... (more)
Freud Wars: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis
How can psychoanalytic thinking be justified? The Freud Wars offers a comprehensive introduction to the crucial question of the justification of psychoanalysis. No specialised knowledge is assumed,... (more)
Developments in Object Relations: Controversies, Conflicts, and Common Ground
Developments in Object Relations provides a highly accessible account of how British Object Relations developed in the second half of the twentieth century, focusing on the generation who took up... (more)