Psychoanalysis Books
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)
Civilisation and Its Discontents
In what remains one of his most seminal papers, Freud considers the incompatibility of civilisation and individual happiness, and the tensions between the claims of society and the individual. We all... (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 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)
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)
Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation
In this volume, Daniel Shaw presents a way of understanding the traumatic impact of narcissism as it is engendered developmentally, and as it is enacted relationally. Focusing on the dynamics of... (more)
Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM-2): Second Edition
Now completely revised (over 90% new), this is the authoritative diagnostic manual grounded in psychodynamic clinical models and theories. Explicitly oriented toward case formulation and treatment... (more)
Healing Sexually Betrayed Men and Boys: Treatment for Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Trauma
Healing Sexually Betrayed Men and Boys is the new authoritative source for treatment of men and boys with histories of sexual victimization. Male victims and survivors of sexual trauma lived in... (more)
Understanding the Sexual Betrayal of Boys and Men: The Trauma of Sexual Abuse
Understanding the Sexual Betrayal of Boys and Men: The Trauma of Sexual Abuse is an indispensable go-to book for understanding male sexual victimization. It has become increasingly clear since the... (more)
The Voice of the Analyst: Narratives on Developing a Psychoanalytic Identity
The Voice of the Analyst contains personal narratives by twelve psychoanalysts, each taking the reader through his or her unique path toward developing a voice and identity as an analyst. All come... (more)
The Collected Papers of Emmanuel Ghent: Heart Melts Forward
This book brings together an engaging study, using Emmanuel Ghent's collected papers, of theoretical and personal origins of the relational turn in psychoanalysis. Emmanuel Ghent was one of the... (more)