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)
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)
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)
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)
This text contains essays on psychoanalysis collected together to celebrate the work of Merton M. Gill. (more)
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)
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)
Probes the complementary yet contested relations between psychoanalysis and feminism, emphasizing the plural nature of each.
Bringing together twelve provocative and iconoclastic contributions by... (more)
'Adolescence - when we are no longer children and have not yet reached adulthood - is a time of much disturbance, change and potential for growth. The adolescent is confronted with a body that... (more)
This work investigates one of the most controversial, yet influential figures in recent history. Sigmund Freud - the enigmatic founder of psychoanalysis - is analyzed through the myths he developed... (more)
Considers the clinical aspects of attachment research and psychoanalysis. Topics covered include attachment theory's contribution to the understanding of affective functioning in psychoanalysis, and... (more)
This study investigates the role played by literature in Sigmund Freud's creation and development of psychoanalysis. Graham Frankland analyzes the whole range of Freud's own texts from a... (more)
This volume seeks to encompass the historic and still extant between object- relations and self psychology. The author views the self as housing the dialectical interplay between its pathological and... (more)
A collection of papers on and about the work of Wilfred Bion and its continuing development. Most were presented at the International Centennial Conference on the work of Bion in Turin in 1997.... (more)
This book is a tribute to Donald Melzer's extraordinary contribution to psychoanalysis. It includes many of the papers given at the Tavistock Centre in London to celebrate Meltzer's 75th Birthday. ... (more)