Psychoanalysis Books
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)
The Analyzing Situation
In this book Jean-Luc Donnet explores the particularities of the status of the method in psychoanalysis, linked to the specificity of unconscious psychic processes. If the method aims at ensuring a... (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)
The Work of Confluence: Listening and Interpreting in the Psychoanalytic Field
This book aims to expand the Barangers' oeuvre to the English language and, consequently, to a broader spectrum of readers. These contributions represent a pioneering work of great interest to the... (more)
Sigmund Freud and the History of Anna O: Reopening a Closed Case
In his published writings Sigmund Freud maintained that it was the success of Josef Breuer's treatment of the patient known as Anna O. that prepared the ground for the development of psychoanalysis.... (more)
The Past in the Present: Therapy Enactments and the Return of Trauma
Brings together for the first time contemporary ideas from both the psychoanalytic and humanist therapy traditions, looking at how trauma and enactments affect psychotherapeutic practice. Enactments... (more)
Enduring Loss: Mourning, Depression and Narcissism Throughout the Life Cycle
This book comprises a selection of papers initially presented as a series of lectures organised by the Psychoanalytic Forum of the British Psychoanalytical Society. The aims of these lectures was to... (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)
Thanatos, Shame, and Other Essays: On the Psychology of Destructiveness
'This important work has become a classic in Finnish psychoanalytic thinking. It is one of the cornerstones in the training of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in our country. The... (more)
On Freud's "The Future of an Illusion"
"The Future of an Illusion" reveals Freud's reflections about religion as well as his hope that in the future science will go beyond religion, and reason will replace faith in God. The discussion... (more)
Understanding Dreams in Clinical Practice
This book presents a simple, effective and illuminating way of understanding and working with dreams in clinical practice. It describes the mechanisms through which the mind/brain processes our... (more)
Siblings in Development: A Psychoanalytic View
Siblings play an integral and essential part in our psychic development. Traditionally in psychoanalytic thinking, sibling relationships are regarded as secondary in developmental importance to the... (more)
A Framework for the Imaginary: Clinical Explorations in Primitive States of Being
An extraordinary depiction of one analyst's efforts to receive and respond to the vivid impressions of her patients raw and sometimes even unmentalized experiences as they are highlighted in the... (more)
Rosenfeld in Retrospect: Essays on His Clinical Influence
How has Herbert Rosenfeld contributed to psychoanalysis today? "Rosenfeld in Retrospect" presents original psychoanalytic papers showing the influence of Herbert Rosenfeld on psychoanalysis today,... (more)
The Dissociative Mind
Drawing on the pioneering work of Janet, Freud, Sullivan, and Fairbairn and making extensive use of recent literature, Elizabeth Howell develops a comprehensive model of the dissociative mind.... (more)
Psychoanalysis Comparable and Incomparable: The Evolution of a Method to Describe and Compare Psychoanalytic Approaches
How do we know when what is happening between two people should be called psychoanalysis? What is a psychoanalytic process and how do we know when one is taking place? Psychoanalysis Comparable and... (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)
Living on the Border: Psychotic Processes in the Individual, the Couple, and the Group
This book centres on the problem of psychosis, understood from a psychoanalytic perspective, as it manifests itself in different contexts and different levels of organisation: from the individual... (more)
Illusions and Disillusions of Psychoanalytic Work
Illusions and Disillusions of Psychoanalytic Work recounts and explores the disappointing and sometimes tragic evolutions of the treatments of certain patients who are resistant to the effects of... (more)
Putting Theory to Work: How are Theories Actually Used in Practice?
This book contains a continuation and expansion of the topics covered in the author's previous book, Psychoanalysis: from Practice to Theory, about the use of theories in analytic practice. As a... (more)
A Guide to Assessment for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists
Psychoanalytic psychotherapists and psychoanalysts inevitably find themselves doing assessment in their work, both in private practice and in a clinical setting such as the NHS. The authors felt a... (more)
The Struggle Against Mourning
How does the analyst help the patient to be in touch with pain and mourning? Is the relinquishment of defenses always desirable? And what is the analyst's role in the mourning process - should the... (more)
Conversations with Michael Eigen
These lively conversations provide a unique insight into the mind of one of the most original psychoanalysts of our century. The various subjects covered here spread over a wide range of interest,... (more)
Passion for the Human Subject: A Psychoanalytical Approach Between Drives and Signifiers
Each one of us has to be born "inter urinas et faeces", as St. Augustine so strikingly put it. More recently, Freud's 1915 discovery of 'instincts' - that is, 'drives' - and their 'viscitudes' leads... (more)
Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy
People like to talk. We know that talking to an attentive and thoughtful listener can be helpful in clarifying conscious and unconscious feelings, thoughts, and motivations. But is talk enough? The... (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)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Presenting a selection of the author's recent papers, this collection covers a wide spectrum of insights into psychoanalysis, ranging from current thoughts on the nature of dreaming to the psychotic... (more)
Projected Shadows: Psychoanalytic Reflections on the Representation of Loss in European Cinema
Projected Shadows presents a new collection of essays exploring films from a psychoanalytic perspective, focussing specifically on the representation of loss in European cinema. This theme is... (more)
Time and Memory
The concern with time permeates Freud's work, from Studies on Hysteria to Analysis Terminable and Interminable, which point out to a network of concepts that indicate Freud's complex theories on... (more)