Psychoanalysis Books
Affect, Representation and Language: Between the Silence and the Cry
This book presents and elaborates on the rationale and implications of the transformational dimension of psychoanalysis. In so doing, it attempts to extend psychoanalytic theory and practice beyond... (more)
Donald Meltzer: A Contemporary Introduction
In this intelligent and insightful work, Meg Harris Williams presents a clear and readable introduction to the works of influential psychoanalyst Donald Meltzer. The book covers Meltzer's ideas on... (more)
Reading Freud's Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality: From Pleasure to the Object
Sigmund Freud's 1905 Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality is a founding text of psychoanalysis and yet it remains to a large extent an unknown text. In this book Freud's 1905 theory of sexuality... (more)
Introduction to Psychoanalysis: Contemporary Theory and Practice: Second Edition
What is psychoanalysis? Is it relevant to today's mental health crisis? How can psychoanalysis help people suffering from psychological distress and illness? This vital new book examines how... (more)
Body as Psychoanalytic Object: Clinical Applications from Winnicott to Bion and Beyond
This book explores the role of bodily phenomena in mental life and in the psychoanalytic encounter, encouraging further dialog within psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the humanities, and contributing... (more)
First Thoughts: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Beginnings
‘…any Psychoanalyst must find his own way and come upon well-known and well-established theories through experiences of his own realisations.’ So says W. R. Bion in his Commentary in Second Thoughts.... (more)
Psychoanalysis After Freud: Memory, Mourning and Repetition
This book draws on a number of Freud's lesser-known works to explore psychoanalytic perspectives on memory, mourning and repetition.
It is remarkable that Freud in his speculations on the human... (more)
Jouissance: Sexuality, Suffering and Satisfaction
Although the term 'jouissance' is common currency in psychoanalysis today, how much does it really tell us? While often taken to designate a fusion of sexuality, suffering and satisfaction, the term... (more)
Postmemory, Psychoanalysis and Holocaust Ghosts: The Salonica Cohen Family and Trauma Across Generations
Through a collection of letters sent by members of a Jewish family between 1925-42, this fascinating book explores phenomenological and psychoanalytical aspects of the Holocaust and its associated... (more)
On Wanting to Change
From the UK's foremost literary psychoanalyst, a dazzling new book on the universal urge to change our lives.
We live in a world in which we are invited to change - to become our best selves,... (more)
Psychoanalysis as a Spiritual Discipline: In Dialogue with Martin Buber and Gabriel Marcel
The great existential psychiatrist Ludwig Binswanger famously pointed out to Freud that therapeutic failure could "only be understood as the result of something which could be called a deficiency of... (more)
Selected Papers of Donald Meltzer: Volume 2: Philosophy and History of Psychoanalysis
This new selection from the papers of Donald Meltzer spans his working life and serves as an introduction to all his key concepts, such as: aesthetic conflict, the claustrum, adhesive identification,... (more)
Selected Papers of Donald Meltzer: Volume 1: Personality and Family Structure
This new selection from the papers of Donald Meltzer spans his working life and serves as an introduction to all his key concepts, such as: aesthetic conflict, the claustrum, adhesive identification,... (more)
Emotional Communication and Therapeutic Change: Understanding Psychotherapy Through Multiple Code Theory
In this book, Wilma Bucci applies her skills as a cognitive psychologist and researcher to the fields of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, opening up new avenues for understanding the underlying... (more)
Dream Sequences in Shakespeare: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
This book takes a new approach to Shakespeare's plays, exploring them as dream-thought in the modern psychoanalytic sense of unconscious thinking.
Through his commitment to poetic language,... (more)
Dear Candidate: Analysts from around the World Offer Personal Reflections on Psychoanalytic Training, Education, and the Profession
In this first-of-kind book, senior psychoanalysts from around the world offer personal reflections on their own training, what it was like to become a psychoanalyst, and what they would like most to... (more)
Finding the Piggle: Reconsidering D. W. Winnicott's Most Famous Child Case
The Piggle is one of the most famous and beloved child cases in the history of psychoanalysis. A two-year-old girl suffering from terrible nightmares, depression, and self-harming behaviours, the... (more)
Depending on Strangers: Freedom, Memory, and the Unknown Self
In this book, David Levine explores the unknown self. The unknown self is the self existing as a potential to become something yet to be determined. The shape our personalities and life experiences... (more)
Fairbairn's Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting
W. R. D. Fairbairn (1889-1964) challenged the dominance of Freud's drive theory with a psychoanalytic theory based on the internalization of human relationships. Fairbairn assumed that the... (more)
Psychoanalysis from the Inside Out: Developing and Sustaining an Analytic Identity and Practice
In the face of considerable scepticism over the function and effectiveness of psychoanalysis, Lena Ehrlich demonstrates how analysis is unique in its potential to transform patients at an emotionally... (more)
Accessing the Clinical Genius of Winnicott: A Careful Rendering of Winnicott`s Twelve Most Influential Clinical Papers
Donald Winnicott, psychoanalyst and pediatrician, is viewed by many in the psychodynamic field as the “other genius” in the history of psychodynamic theory and practice, along with Freud. This book... (more)
Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump
What is Donald Trump’s personality? Is he mentally ill? What in American culture and history enabled him to become president? How does his personality shape his policies and leadership?
In this... (more)
What is Soul?
Rooted in the metaphysics of bygone times, the notion of soul in our Western tradition is packed with associations and meanings that are incompatible with the anthropological and naturalistic... (more)
Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process: Second Edition
This acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication. Nancy McWilliams makes psychoanalytic personality theory and its implications... (more)
The New Sexual Landscape and Contemporary Psychoanalysis
The sexual landscape has changed dramatically in the past few decades, with the meaning of gender and sexuality now being parsed within the realms of gender fluidity, nonheteronormative sexuality,... (more)
Body Psychotherapy for the 21st Century
Body psychotherapy currently attracts more interest than ever before and is taking up an important role in the general psychotherapy field, bringing awareness of embodiment into what has been a... (more)
Pathologies of the Self: Exploring Narcissistic and Borderline States of Mind
Pathologies of the Self explores both narcissistic disturbance and borderline states. For several decades of clinical practice, Phil Mollon has explored and pondered the nature and structure of... (more)
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Treating Psychosis: Genesis, Psychopathology and Case Study
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Treating Psychosis shows how, by understanding the antecedents and dynamics of psychosis, a psychoanalytic approach can offer a long-term alternative to the only... (more)
Creative Repetition and Intersubjectivity: Contemporary Freudian Explorations of Trauma, Memory, and Clinical Process
Creative Repetition and Intersubjectivity looks at contemporary Freudian and post-Freudian theory through an intersubjective lens. Bruce Reis offers views on how psychoanalytic conceptions from the... (more)
Relationships in Development: Infancy, Intersubjectivity, and Attachment
The recent explosion of new research about infants, parental care, and infant-parent relationships has shown conclusively that human relationships are central motivators and organizers in... (more)