Psychoanalysis Books
Meaning of the Dream in Psychoanalysis
The Freudian claim that dreams are meaningful and that their meanings can be discovered through dream interpretation has in recent times come under harsh attack from both scientific and... (more)
The Joke and its Relation to the Unconscious
Building on the crucial insight that jokes use many of the same mechanisms he had already discovered in dreams, Freud developed one of the richest and most comprehensive theories of humor that has... (more)
Wild Analysis
'Psychoanalytic treatment utilised the patient's capacity to love and desire as a means to an end. The stuff of romance became the stuff of cure. When Freud is writing about technique in... (more)
Psychology of the Image
Psychology of the Image outlines a theoretical framework bringing together the semiotic concepts developed by Charles Peirce, the sociological insights of Ervin Goffman and the psychoanalytic ideas... (more)
Why Psychoanalysis?
Why do some people still choose psychoanalysis - Freud's so-called "talking cure" - when numerous medications are available that treat the symptoms of psychic distress so much faster? Elisabeth... (more)
The Schreber Case
Freud rarely treated psychotic patients but he had a powerful and imaginative understanding of their condition - revealed, most notably, in this analysis of a remarkable memoir. In 1903, Judge Daniel... (more)
Sexual Orientation and Psychoanalysis: Sexual Science and Clinical Practice
This book offers an interdisciplinary view of the development of male and female sexual orientation. The authors integrate research in genetics, psychoendocrinology, psychological development and... (more)
Speaking the unspeakable
In this bold rereading of Freud's cultural texts, Diane Jonte-Pace uncovers an undeveloped "counterthesis," one that repeatedly interrupts or subverts his well-known Oedipal masterplot. (more)
Freud's Requiem: Mourning, Memory and the Invisible History of a Summer Walk
This absorbing, thoughtful narrative explores Sigmund Freud's provocative ideas on creativity and mortality and their roots in his history, while searching for broader lessons about love, memory,... (more)
Freud and Psychoanalysis
Pocket guide to the life and works of Freud. (more)
The Narcissistic Patient Revisited: Progress in Self Psychology: Vol. 17
The Narcissistic Patient Revisited begins with the next installment of Strozier's "From the Kohut Archives": first publication of a fragment by Kohut on social class and self-formation and of four... (more)
Twins: From Fetus to Child
Scientifically based, but warmly human in content, this unique longitudinal study offers new insights to professionals working with mothers and families of twins and to researchers in human... (more)
The Freud Encyclopedia: Theory, Therapy and Culture
This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive, one-volume reference work containing entries on the life, work and theories of Sigmund Freud. (more)
On Freud's "Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego"
This is the sixth volume in the series Contemporary Freud: Turning Points and Critical Issues, published with the International Psychoanalytical Association. Each book in the series presents a... (more)
Narcissistic Giving: A Study of People who Cheat in Relationships
Based partly on psychoanalytic theory, this text analyzes how people use a variety of tactics to avoid intimacy and real altruism both in formal and informal relationships. (more)
Life Cycle Completed: Extended Version
Originally published as a review of Erik Erikson's psychological theory, this book discusses the identity crisis, the interdependence of history and life history, the life cycle, and especially the... (more)
Ferenczi’s Influence on Contemporary Psychoanalytic Traditions
This collection covers all the topics relevant for understanding the importance of Sandor Ferenczi and his influence on contemporary psychoanalysis. Pre-eminent Ferenczi scholars were solicited to... (more)
On the Couch: A Repressed History of the Analytic Couch from Plato to Freud
The peculiar arrangement of the psychoanalyst's office for an analytic session seems inexplicable. The analyst sits in a chair out of sight while the patient lies on a couch facing away. It has been... (more)