Psychoanalysis Books
The Defenses in Psychoanalysis: Theoretical Concepts to Empirical Research
The Defenses in Psychoanalysis explores the nature and assessment of defense mechanisms through an integration of psychoanalytic theory and empirical research in contemporary... (more)
A Philosophical Framework for Psychotherapy Integration: Psychoanalysis Meets Otherness
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)
On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud
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)
The Vicissitudes of Psychoanalysis in Soviet Russia, 1930-1980
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)
Echoes of Trauma: Meaning and Identity in Psychoanalysis
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: The Development of Sigmund Freud’s Atheism
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)
Revisiting Psychic Bisexuality: The Feminine Within
Revisiting Psychic Bisexuality: The Feminine Within explores the complexities of psychosexual development from a psychoanalytic perspective, challenging traditional ideals and theories.
Viewing... (more)
Psychoanalytic Film Theory: A Contemporary Introduction
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)
With Climate in Mind: Psychoanalysts on Climate Breakdown
This groundbreaking book enriches and expands psychoanalytic theory and method as it applies to the climate.
It embeds psychoanalysis in environmental and cultural awareness; restores the... (more)
A Michael Eigen Companion: Moments of Wisdom from a Psychoanalytic Mystic
A Michael Eigen Companion offers 150 essential quotes, carefully selected from Michael Eigen's books, alongside explorative commentary.
An expert on the work of Eigen, Bagai’s curated quotes are... (more)
The Craft of the Psychodynamic Case Study: A Practical Guide
The Craft of Psychodynamic Case Study: A Practical Guide is the first comprehensive guide to help clinicians transform their therapeutic experiences into compelling, meaningful case narratives that... (more)
Sigmund Freud’s Inner Divisions: Personal and Theoretical
Sigmund Freud’s Inner Divisions shows how the limits of Freud’s theory are linked to his inner conflicts, particularly those relating to his father.
Ken Fuchsman undertakes a close reading of... (more)
Sigmund Freud on the Way to Paris, 1873-1885: Foundations of Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud on the Way to Paris, 1873-1885 poses a question: where does psychoanalysis begin?
Giosuè Ghisalberti considers how Freud’s own development – both in terms of his formal education... (more)
Time and the Experience of Time: Psychoanalysis in Dialogue with History and Science
With particular reference to neurobiology and neuroscience, this book explores a psychoanalytic understanding of time, and how ideas of time affect our experiences in clinical practice and in... (more)
Psychodynamic Approaches in Health and Social Care: Applying Classic Psychoanalytic Work to Contemporary Settings
Psychodynamic Approaches in Health and Social Care sees experienced psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and educationalists analyse classic psychoanalytic papers and accessibly apply them to a... (more)
Psychoanalytic Sex Therapy: Exploring the Unconscious Life of Sexuality
Psychoanalytic Sex Therapy: Exploring the Unconscious Life of Sexuality bridges the gap between depth psychology and modern sex therapy, offering a fresh, integrative approach to understanding sexual... (more)
Mothers and Daughters: The First Three Years
Mothers and Daughters: The First Three Years offers a new perspective on female development and the origins of mother-daughter relationship pleasures and stresses.
In addition to emotional... (more)
Gender with Sexuality: Situations of Psychoanalytic Learning
This book explores the changing attitudes and clinical responses to gender and transition in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.
It examines gender as a dynamic and elusive psychic situation -... (more)
Ferenczi Revisited: Tongues, Trauma and Transformation
Ferenczi Revisited explores Sándor Ferenczi’s most significant contributions to psychoanalysis and their relevance for contemporary practice.
The book covers a range of topics, including... (more)
Community Psychoanalysis: Bringing the Individual and the Communal Together
This book delves into the history, current status, and possible future directions of psychoanalysis in the community, outside the traditional consulting room.
The book begins by digging into the... (more)
Anxiety, Psychoanalysis and Law: Confronting Chaos
Anxiety, Psychoanalysis and Law examines the challenges of maintaining a psychoanalytic stance when working in chaotic times, with international contributors reflecting not only on their work with... (more)
Creating a Human Psychoanalytic Setting: Clinical Studies
This book looks at how psychoanalytic thinking can be applied in a variety of settings and can respect the individual experience and circumstances of each patient.
It focuses on the analytic... (more)
Klein, Bion, and Winnicott: Theoretical and Clinical Convergences and Divergences
This book fills a gap in psychoanalytic literature by offering a rigorous analysis of the intersections and divergences between the three foundational figures in psychoanalysis: Melanie Klein,... (more)
Art and Psychoanalysis: Between the Dialectics of the Other and Poetic Estrangement
This book explores the concept of estrangement from a psychoanalytic perspective, intertwining art and aesthetics to offer a paradigm of the aesthetic experience.
Gabriela Goldstein suggests... (more)
An Intersubjective Mentalization-Based Primer: Empathy as Competence
This book explores how Affect Resonance Training (ART), as developed by the Viennese psychotherapist Johann Steinberger, offers students and trainees in psychosocial professions the opportunity to... (more)
A Psychoanalysis of Act and Action: An Itinerary through Lacan, Philosophy, and Crime
Psychoanalysis of Act and Action brings together the study of the philosophy of action and Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic theory.
Drawing on the works of Freud and Lacan, this book examines... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China: Volume 7 Number 1 & 2
This peer-reviewed journal proposes to explore the introduction of psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic therapy, and the wider application of psychoanalytic ideas into China. It aims to have articles... (more)
Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema
Inspired by the Wild About Horror segments on the Evolution of Horror Podcast, Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema investigates fifty films across six core subgenres—Mind, Body, Nature, Aliens, Vampires,... (more)
About Human Goodness: Essays on Emergent Psychoanalytic Literature
Human goodness and the associated psychic phenomena are essential trajectories of mental health and well-being, towards which an ethical psychoanalytic work should ultimately strive. This book... (more)
Inherited Fate: Family Trauma and the Ways of Healing
Our families shape who we are. From the circumstances of our conception and the family structure we are born into, to the expectations placed upon us and the love we receive, we are formed by our... (more)