Psychoanalysis Books at Karnac Books

Key Ideas for a Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Misrecognition and Recognition of the Unconscious

Andre Green attempts the complex task of identifying and examining the key ideas for a contemporary psychoanalytic practice. This undertaking is motivated both by the need for an outline of the... (more)

Shame and Guilt

by June P. Tangney, Ronda L. Dearing

This book reports on the growing body of knowledge on these key self-conscious emotions, integrating findings from the authors' original research program with other data emerging from clinical,... (more)

On Incest: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Edited by Giovanna Ambrosio

Incest is a universal taboo that is found throughout the history and mythology of the majority of societies. A neglected subject in more recent psychoanalytic work, this book was inspired by the... (more)

A Meeting of Minds: Mutuality in Psychoanalysis

by Lewis Aron

In this richly nuanced assessment of the various dimensions of mutuality in psychoanalysis, the author shows that the relational approach to psychoanalysis is a powerful guide to issues of technique... (more)

Personal Relations Theory: Fairbairn, Macmurray and Suttie

by Graham S. Clarke

Presents a new and comprehensive account of Fairbairn's mature theory. Part One provides a thorough overview of Fairbairn's work and its ramifications for our understanding of creativity and the... (more)

The Perversion of Loss: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Trauma

Edited by Susan Levy, Alessandra Lemma

This book is an edited collection of psychoanalytic papers written by clinicians in the field of trauma. The text offers a psychoanalytic perspective on trauma and its effects on psychic functioning.... (more)

EMDR and the Energy Therapies: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

by Phil Mollon

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), along with methods from the new field of energy psychology, such as the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), enable the rapid processing and... (more)

Dialogues on Sexuality, Gender and Psychoanalysis

Edited by Irene Matthis

‘There are more questions than answers in this book - questions that are important and will continue to intrigue us. This book will be needed to remind us of the different opinions and to help us... (more)

Oedipus and the Couple

Edited by Francis Grier

This title consists of a diverse series of contributions and reflections on couples and the Oedipus complex from leading psychotherapists and psychoanalysts in the couples field. All contributors... (more)

Therapeutic Action: An Earnest Plea for Irony

by Jonathan Lear

This book argues that properly understood, irony plays a crucial role in therapeutic action. It is written as an invitation to clinicians to renew their own engagement with the fundamental concepts... (more)

The Sadomasochistic Perversion: The Entity and the Theories

by Franco De Masi

In this book Franco de Masi examines the terminology used in the analysis of sadomasochism and surveys in detail the theories of other psychoanalysts. He explores the relationship between... (more)

Unconscious Phantasy

Edited by Riccardo Steiner

'There is no doubt that "phantasy" or "unconscious phantasy", as it started to be used in the English translation of Freud's work in the late 1920s and 1930s to differentiate it from "fantasy", is... (more)

Therapeutic Care for Refugees: No Place Like Home

Edited by Renos Papadopoulos

This volume addresses the complexities involved in attending to the mental health of refugees. It covers theory and research as well as clinical and field applications, emphasising the... (more)

Key Papers on Borderline Disorders: With IJP Internet Discussion Reviews

Edited by Paul Williams

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis Key Papers Series brings together the most important psychoanalytic papers in the journal's eighty-year history in a series of accessible monographs.... (more)

Love and Hate in the Analytic Setting

by Glen O. Gabbard

Provides a practical yet sophisticated guide to the management of love and hate as they are experienced by both patient and therapist. (more)

Father Hunger: Explorations with Adults and Children

by James Herzog

James M. Herzog's Father Hunger: Explorations with Adults and Children will quickly take its place both as a landmark contribution to developmental psychology and as an enduring classic in the... (more)

Dreams that Turn Over a Page: Paradoxical Dreams in Psychoanalysis

by Jean-Michel Quinodoz

In this work Quinodoz discusses a particular type of dream that comes after a phase in analysis where integration has taken place. Accompanied by anxiety and fear, which seem surprising as the dream... (more)

Disappearing and Reviving: Sandor Ferenczi in the History of Psychoanalysis

by Andre Haynal

This book is an indispensable work for anyone interested in the pioneering psychoanalyst Sandor Ferenczi.

As the supervisor of the recently published correspondence between Freud and Ferenczi,... (more)

The Delusional Person: Bodily Feelings in Psychosis

by Salomon Resnik

In a long and distinguished career Salomon Resnik has established himself as a psychoanalyst of international reputation. The present volume gathers together, for the first time in an English... (more)

Within Time and Beyond Time: A Festschrift for Pearl King

Edited by Riccardo Steiner, Jennifer Johns

This book is dedicated to Pearl King who is something of an institution in herself within psychoanalysis as well as an important contributor to the development of the institution of psychoanalysis.... (more)

Rage

by Michael Eigen

Eigen's'breadth of cultural knowledge, combined with his respect for and attention to the individuality of a person, come together in providing the reader with a complex account of rage - what it is,... (more)

The Ego at the Center of Clinical Technique:

by Fred Busch

This text emphasises the role of the ego in our understanding of and interventions in the therapeutic setting. It examines the ways the ego defends awareness of unconscious fantasies, how defences... (more)

The Search for the Secure Base: Attachment Theory and Psychotherapy

by Jeremy Holmes

In recent decades, attachment theory has gained widespread interest and acceptance. However the relevance of attachment theory to clinical practice has never been clear. With Search for the Secure... (more)

The Theatre of the Dream

by Salomon Resnik

The Theatre of the Dream is a profound study of our dream world and its place in everyday life. The author grounds his ideas in Freud and psychoanalyst authors such as Klein, Bion, Rosenfeld and... (more)

Elaborate Selves: Reflections and Reveries of Christopher Bollas, Michael Eigen, Polly Young-Eisendrath, Samuel and Evelyn Laeuchli, and Marie Coleman Nelson

by Anthony Molino

In this fascinating volume, Anthony Molino interviews some of today's foremost thinkers in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Organized around the fertile and controversial concept of multiplicity,... (more)