Psychoanalysis Books
Psycho-Analytic Object Relations Therapy
Written for the student and beginner, this book explains the basic clinical concepts, practices and principles of psychoanalytic object relations therapy. Basic concepts, technical considerations in... (more)
The Practice of Psychoanalytic Therapy
An introduction to the practice of analytic therapy. This text deals with the basic phenomena of therapy: transference, unconscious fantasy, character and regression. (more)
Borderline Patients, the Psychosomatic Focus, and the Therapeutic Process
Discusses the psychotherapy of patients in the borderline spectrum, as well as those suffering from psychosomatic problems. The author emphasizes the importance of the holding environment and of... (more)
The Reproduction of Evil: A Clinical and Cultural Perspective
Why is it that victims of abuse so often become perpetrators, and what can psychoanalysis offer to these survivor-perpetrators, whose criminal conduct seems to transcend the possibilities of empathic... (more)
The Power of Feelings: Personal Meaning in Psychoanalysis, Gender, and Culture.
New in paperback. The author of this text claims that psychoanalysis offers in its clinical goals and its vision of possibility, insight into the nature of subjectivity and the quality of good... (more)
Houdini's Box: The Art of Escape
This explores the lives of four different escape artists: a little girl playing her own wayward version of hide and seek; Harry Houdini who electrifies the world through a series of escapes; a man... (more)
Kleinians: Psychoanalysis Inside Out
Janet Sayers tells the story of the revolution in psychology pioneered by psychoanalyst Melanie Klein through an account of the personal and public lives of its main architects, their families and... (more)
Disorders of the Self: New Therapeutic Horizons - The Masterson Approach
In this incisive new volume, the study and treatment of the disorders of the self have been carried forward by Dr James Masterson and his students, who have now become his colleagues. It addresses... (more)
The Patient's Impact on the Analyst
The question of how psychoanalysts are affected by their patients is of perennial interest. The author of this book explores the issue on the basis of a research project that obtained data from 399... (more)
Logics of the Mind: A Clinical View
This collection of papers, spanning the last 15 years, presents a spirited defence of Freud's clinical method, considering the "crisis of psychoanalysis" in the wider context of a crisis of... (more)
Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
According to the popular imagination, psychoanalysis is about men wanting to sleep with their mothers and women wanting penises. This book tells a different story about what has happened to sex in... (more)
Melanie Klein: Her Work in Context
Melanie Klein left Germany in 1926 and settled in London where she soon quarrelled with Anna Freud. Klein pioneered the psychoanalysis of children and applied her insights on the infantile origins of... (more)
Art, Creativity, Living
This volume in the Winnicott Studies series is dedicated to the life and work of Marion Milner and reflects, in varying ways, her unique use of Winnicott's work to shape her own thinking about art... (more)
Psycho/Analytic Psychotherapy Trainings: A Guide
This title explores the evolutionary history of training in psychotherapy, the institutions they came from, and the main ideas that supported them. It also explores the professionalization of... (more)
Freud revisited: Psychoanalytic themes in the postmodern age
This work examines some of Freud's themes considered relevent today: psychoanalysis as a form of narrative construction, the creative nature of memory, the revolutionary nature of the knowledge... (more)
Freud in the Pampas: The emergence and development of a psychoanalytic culture in Argentina, 1910- 1983
This is a history of how psychoanalysis became an essential element of Argentine culture. The book reveals the unique conditions and historical process that made this possible and shows why the... (more)
Freud: A Very Short Introduction
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis, Freud developed psychoanalysis into a general psychology which became... (more)
Relationality: From Attachment to Intersubjectivity
An analysis of relationality, from attachment to intersubjectivity. Topics covered include: the psychoanalytic vision of Hans Loewald; attachment theory and relationality; Fairbairn's theory of... (more)
Looking for ground: Countertransference, epistemology, and the problem of value
This work explores countertransference, epistemology, and the problem of value. It covers: Freud's beginnings; gratification, virtue, and the therapeutic process; reality testing and the pleasure... (more)
Dreaming and Thinking
This book includes papers on the dream space and countertransference, the dream space, the analytic situation and eating disorders, dreams of borderline patients and the 'oracle' in dreams: the past... (more)
Introducing Psychoanalysis: A Graphic Guide
The ideas of psychoanalysis have permeated Western culture. It is the dominant paradigm through which we understand our emotional lives, and Freud still finds himself an iconic figure. Yet despite... (more)
Psychoanalytic Conversations: Interviews with Clinicians, Commentators, and Critics
In this study, Peter Rudnytsky presents ten substantive and provocative interviews with leading analysts (Enid Balint, Charles Rycroft, Stephen A. Mitchell, Roy Schafer, Jessica Benjamin), with... (more)
On moving and being moved: Non-verbal behavior in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
This work examines non-verbal behaviour in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis and covers topics such as: talking and acting; attunement; temperament, interaction and self; and the body. (more)
Nocturnes: Reflections on dreams and psychoanalysis
A series of reflections on dreams and psychoanalysis. Chapters examine: wishes and dreams; dreams from the dawn of time; a naturalist approach; dream disguise; where do dreams come from?; the private... (more)
Personalities: Master Clinicians Confront the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorders
Thirteen experts, known for their treatment of severe personality disorders, come together in this book to discuss their work. Representing all the major approaches to the treatment of borderline... (more)
Changing Conceptions of Psychoanalysis: The legacy of Merton M
This text contains essays on psychoanalysis collected together to celebrate the work of Merton M. Gill. (more)
Attachment and adult psychotherapy
This work offers an understanding of key attachment concepts to psychotherapy with adults. Treating different forms of emotional disturbances from this perspective, Dr Sable illustrates how... (more)
Who is the Dreamer who Dreams the Dream?: A Study of Psychic Presences
The author explores two interrelated psychoanalytic problems - the nature of the unconscious mind, and the meaning and inner structure of human subjectivity. The result is a useful synthesis of... (more)