One of the most passionate arguments for a therapeutic practice based on the physician's love for the deeply deprived patient. It also advocates a view of human nature congruent with the findings of... (more)
New edition (1999). An examination of the formation of gender, from a feminist perspective.The reproduction of mothering is seen from an intrapsychic and intersubjective sense. It investigates the... (more)
In this tribute to Selma Kramer, eminent child analyst and colleague and close friend of the late Margaret Mahler, senior analysts explore the continuing relevance of Mahler's... (more)
Human Feelings provides a comprehensive overview of the role of emotions in human life. Growing out of the research and writing of members of the Harvard Affect Study Group, the volume brings to bear... (more)
This book examine the role of the Oedipus complex in the psyche and relate it to urgent issues of social and cultural life, historical and current.
"Freud and Female Sexuality" (1975), the first... (more)
In his illuminating introduction, Masud Khan, to whom Dr Winnicott's case notes were entrusted, relates this definite text of Holding and Interpretation: Fragment of an Analysis to an earlier phase... (more)
A collection of papers on the actual practice of analytic supervision.
In this book, Dr Stoller describes patients with marked abberrations in their masculinity and feminity--primarily transsexuals, transvestites and patients with marked biological abnormalities of... (more)
Written originally as a practical handbook on dream analysis, this book has established itself as a work of lasting value not only to psychoanalysts engaged in therapy, for whom it is primarily... (more)
Twenty-four papers on or relating to schizophrenia, written between 1951 and 1963. (more)
Explores the affect and function of shame, and its relationship to sexuality, self and others. The book breaks new ground in establishing a perspective on narcissism that differs markedly from... (more)
In this fascinating new book, John Boyle provides an in-depth account of the neglected contributions made by Western esotericism in the formation of an occluded ‘psychoanalytic parapsychology’ active... (more)
The Psychoanalytic Understanding of Consciousness, Free Will, Language, and Reason examines the ways in which we can use psychoanalysis in order to better understand humanity and explores the... (more)
This revised edition of Heinz Kohut and the Psychology of the Self offers a clear, detailed explanation of self-psychology theory, as it was written by Heinz Kohut.
A founder of the Self... (more)
In Using Psychoanalysis to Understand and Address AI Bias: Refractions in the Digital Mirror, Karyne E. Messina uses a psychoanalytic lens to explore the subconscious forces driving AI... (more)
Written in clear and accessible language, this book offers an engaging and timely exploration of how the digital revolution is reshaping psychodynamic practice.
Drawing on the latest research... (more)
Narcissism: Psychoanalytic Clinicians and Researchers in Dialogue presents current research and practice on working psychoanalytically with narcissism.
The contributors discuss a broad spectrum... (more)
Paths of Symbolization explores philosophical and psychoanalytic questions about the concept of symbolization.
Alain Gibeault connects symbolization with concepts like enactment and the practice... (more)
The Defenses in Psychoanalysis explores the nature and assessment of defense mechanisms through an integration of psychoanalytic theory and empirical research in contemporary... (more)
In this thought-provoking work Yael Peri Herzovich and Aner Govrin challenge the long-standing rivalry between psychoanalysis and other psychotherapeutic approaches, particularly cognitive behavioral... (more)
W. H. Auden described Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) as “a whole climate of opinion / Under whom we conduct our differing lives.” The controversial father of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Freud charted... (more)
This book considers the changing fortunes of psychoanalysis in Soviet Russia from 1930 to 1980.
Approaching social history in a psychoanalytic key, Lizaveta van Munsteren argues that the growing... (more)
Intricately weaves psychoanalytic and developmental theory to explain how we become who we are, and how we might grow beyond the places we get stuck.
In recent decades psychological research and... (more)
Freud Against God traces the development of Freud's atheism, from his youth through to The Man Moses and the Monotheistic Religion, published in 1939.
Christfried Toegel takes a largely... (more)
This book offers practitioners involved in teaching and learning about Freud a new way to access and understand his ideas, blending the author's teaching legacy with feedback and insights from... (more)
This book explores the implications of Arnold Rachman’s work in interpreting and applying Sándor Ferenczi’s approach to psychoanalysis to contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice.
Drawing... (more)
Revisiting Psychic Bisexuality: The Feminine Within explores the complexities of psychosexual development from a psychoanalytic perspective, challenging traditional ideals and theories.
Viewing... (more)
In Psychoanalytic Film Theory: A Contemporary Introduction, Ben Tyrer presents an overview of psychoanalytic approaches to screen media, offering a reconsideration of psychoanalytic film theory while... (more)