Psychoanalysis Books
Heresy: Sandor Rado and the Psychoanalytic Movement
Although Sandor Rado's contributions to the development of psychoanalysis are beginning to be recognised, they have been marked by controversy. This book contains an oral history of Rado's work, his... (more)
Modern Psychoanalysis: New Directions and Perspective
A definitive exploration of the expanding horizons of this still controversial approach to and treatment of human behaviour. Thirty-five contributors explore new approaches to psychonalytic theory... (more)
Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory
An overview of the different theories of object-relations in psychoanalysis.
Borderline Disorders: Clinical Models and Techniques
Designed as a resource and a guide, the volume translates complex concepts in ways that will be accessible to practitioners from a wide range of mental health disciplines. It is replete with case... (more)
The Psychoanalytic Movement: Second Edition
Aims to explain the context of Freud's thought, and why psychoanalysis appeared at the time it did.
My Analysis with Freud
An account of the author's analysis with Freud, which began in 1934 and lasted for five months. As a young and sceptical psychiatrist, the author kept detailed notes, which have resulted in this... (more)
A Psychoanalytic Theory of Infantile Experience: Conceptual and Clinical Reflections
Gaddini, an eminent training analyst, was interested in the relationship between mental development and early body development. In this edited selection of his papers, clinical examples support his... (more)
The Politics of Psychoanalysis: An Introduction to Freudian and Post-Freudian Theory
This completely revised and updated second edition is a guide to the range and complexity of psychoanalytic theories. Beginning with the work of Freud, it examines the basic assumptions and social... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Religion
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The Art of Loving
A look at the theory and practice of love. The author discusses romantic love, the love of parents for children, brotherly love, erotic love, self love and love of God.
The Psychoanalysis of Sexual Functions of Women
This is the second work of Helene Deutsch's study into female psychology and sexuality. The first volume of her influential work, The Psychology of Women, appeared in 1944, to be followed by the... (more)
If Someone Speaks, It Gets Lighter: Dreams and the Reconstruction of Infant Trama
By integrating psychoanalysis and ideas from a range of other disciplines, the author describes the capacity of dreams to act as a living archive of traumas, dating from the earliest periods of life.... (more)
Psychoanalysis in Transition: A Personal View
Examines the nature of psychological therapy informed by psychoanalytical concepts. The book is laced with clinical examples and informed by classical psychoanalysis, object-relations and self... (more)
The Work of Hans Loewald: An Introduction and Commentary
A careful review and introdution to Loewald's work, based around three of his classic papers, with comments and assessments by Arnold Cooper, Roy Schafer and Lawrence Friedman. (more)
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)
A Way of Looking at Things: Selected Papers 1930 to 1980
This gathering of Erikson's previously uncollected writings reflects the evolution of his ideas over the course of fifty years. They cover a wide range of topics, from children's play and child... (more)
The Dream Discourse Today
Offers a theoretical and historical overview on dream analysis, and provides a broad range of contemporary ideas.
The Gender Conundrum: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Femininity and Masculinity
A collection of papers from British, French and American perspectives, examining the interplay of body and psyche in analysis.
In Dora's Case: Freud-Hysteria-Feminism
'These new writings - feminist, deconstructive, and Lacanian, for the most part - have a wild playfulness and a sort of sexual sparkle that...give them an extraordinary verve... The sex-playful... (more)
Soul of Wit: Joke Theory from Grimm to Freud
Wit first became a burning issue for German intellectuals after 1671 when le Pere Dominique Bonhours in his Entretiens d'Artiste et d'Eugene informed them that they didn't have any. According to... (more)