Psychoanalysis Books
The Psychoanalysis of Organizations: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Behaviour in Groups and Organizations
One of the most pressing needs of modern society is to understand and construct organizations that are not only effective in terms of carrying out work but that also allow and encourage people to... (more)
The Erotic
Psychoanalyst and author Lou Andreas-Salome may seem to be a figure remote from us, one belonging to a pre-1914 Europe, but in many ways, she is our contemporary. She travelled in a highly romantic... (more)
Psychoanalysis: The First Ten Years, 1888-1898
First published in 1969, this was a new assessment of Freud's most creative years and the formative period in psychoanalysis and was the first book to attempt a systematic presentation of Freud's... (more)
Sigmund Freud: His Personality, His Teaching and His School
Originally published in 1924, this biography of Freud looks at his early life as well as the development of his theories and his relationships with other well-known physicians of the time. (more)
Freud and the Culture of Psychoanalysis: Studies in the Transition from Victorian Humanism to Modernity
Originally published in 1984, this book broke new ground in assessing Freud as both an exemplary late-Victorian and as a pivotal figure in the creation of modern thought and culture. In his close... (more)
Psycho-Analysis (RLE: Freud): A Brief Account of the Freudian Theory
Originally published in 1920, this book was intended as a brief outline of psychoanalysis for those interested in the subject, but without the time to study the work of Freud and his followers first... (more)
Fact and Fantasy in Freudian Theory
Originally published in 1972, this second edition in 1981 was fully revised and updated to cover recent developments in the field at the time. Fact and Fantasy in Freudian Theory was written to... (more)
Christ and Freud: A Study of Religious Experience and Observance
Originally published in 1959, this book is primarily concerned with the question of psychiatric factors in religion, and, conversely, with that of religious factors in psychiatry. It rejects the... (more)
Freud: A Critical Re-evaluation of His Theories
In this book, originally published in 1963, Dr Fine sets out to describe what Freud said, and to re-evaluate his views critically in the light of the best knowledge of the time. Freud's numerous... (more)
Disordered Thought and Development: Chaos to Organization in the Moment
There is a moment at every level of psychological development in which the mind comes face to face with a challenge. This moment can last for a literal moment in time or it can extend for... (more)
Relating to God: Clinical Psychoanalysis, Spirituality, and Theism
In Relating to God: Clinical Psychoanalysis, Spirituality, and Theism, Dan Merkur conceptualizes religious discourse within psychoanalysis. He proposes that God be treated as a transferential figure... (more)
Revenge: Narcissistic Injury, Rage, and Retaliation
Revenge: Narcissistic Injury, Rage, and Retaliation addresses the ubiquitous human wish to take revenge and settle scores. Featuring the contributions of eleven distinguished mental health... (more)
The Therapeutic Process: A Clinical Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
The Therapeutic Process attempts to present an informative, sequential, well-defined, and clinically rich guide to the process of psychodynamic psychotherapy. The book was specifically designed to... (more)
Deepening the Treatment
Almost everyone who crosses the therapist's threshold is looking for a second chance-a shot at living a richer, less restricted life. Understanding how echoes of the past resonate in and shape the... (more)
The Electrified Mind: Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment in the Era of Cell Phones and the Internet
The Electrified Mind helps therapists understand and empathize with patients who rely heavily upon cell phones and the internet for the purposes of self-expression as well as for defensive avoidance... (more)
The Unconscious without Freud
During the first ten years of his career in psychological medicine, Sigmund Freud espoused a theory of unconsciousness which predated his own. As Rosemarie Sand describes in The Unconscious without... (more)
Crossroads in Psychoanalysis, Buddhism, and Mindfulness: The Word and the Breath
A comprehensive collection of essays exploring the interstices of Eastern and Western modes of thinking about the self, Crossroads in Psychoanalysis, Buddhism, and Mindfulness: The Word and the... (more)
Becoming Freud
Becoming Freud is the story of the young Freud - Freud up until the age of fifty - that incorporates all of Freud's many misgivings about the art of biography. Freud invented a psychological... (more)
The Uses of Psychoanalysis in Working with Children's Emotional Lives
This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with... (more)
Clinical Applications of Psychoanalytic Theory
Clinical Applications of Psychoanalytic Theory provides in-depth descriptions of past and present analytic concepts, with accompanying examples of how these theories affect clinical interventions. A... (more)
Psychotherapy in the Wake of War: Discovering Multiple Psychoanalytic Traditions
Psychotherapy in the Wake of War presents the ways in which differing views of various psychoanalytic schools and traditions - spanning developments for more than one hundred years - may affect... (more)
Missing Us: Re-Visioning Psychoanalysis from the Perspective of Community
In Missing Us: Re-Visioning Psychoanalysis from the Perspective of Community, Ryan LaMothe questions the ways in which psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theorists and clinicians have historically... (more)
The Unhappy Divorce of Sociology and Psychoanalysis: Diverse Perspectives on the Psychosocial
Why does the field of sociology in the United States often overlook or marginalize psychoanalytic concepts like anxiety, defence mechanisms, and the unconscious dating back to Sigmund Freud? The... (more)
Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Religion: Essays in Honour of Sudhir Kakar
This collection of essays celebrates three streams of knowledge-psychoanalysis, culture, and religion-and their confluence in Kakar's work as a kind of post-independence renaissances of the Indian... (more)
Recollecting Freud
This eyewitness account by one of Sigmund Freud's earliest students has been rediscovered for twenty-first-century readers. Isidor Sadger's recollections provide a unique window into the early days... (more)
Treating People with Psychosis in Institutions: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
This book brings together the histories of a number of psychoanalytically-informed hospitals, and provides a synthesis of the theoretical underpinnings in the institutional practice of each. Of... (more)
Freud: Off the Record
Throughout history, people have searched for explanations to make sense of their lives. First there was magic and religion, then there was science; and somewhere in between was Freud. Freud's whole... (more)
Dignity Matters: Psychoanalytic and Psychosocial Perspectives
This book explores an ethical value central to all mental health professions. Although “dignity” appears near the beginning of many codes of ethics, it has been largely unexamined in the professional... (more)
Wisdom from the Couch: Knowing and Growing Yourself from the Inside Out
A useful guide to understanding the mysteries of the mind and how we can change for the better. How can it be that perfectly intelligent people do such obviously counterproductive things so much of... (more)
Erotic Revelations: Clinical Applications and Perverse Scenarios
Erotic Revelations: Clinical Applications and Perverse Scenarios delves into erotic desires and fantasies ...above all, how our sexuality expresses our inner being and defines the ways in which we... (more)