Psychoanalysis Books
The Pre-Psychoanalytic Writings of Sigmund Freud
The traditional dating of the origin of psychoanalysis to 1900, when Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams, ignores the massive body of work he produced well before this date. Covering fields... (more)
Psychoanalysis: The Major Concepts
New in paperback. A survey of current psychoanalytic theory and a discussion of its principles, technical aspects, clinical phenomena and applications. It should be useful both as an introduction to... (more)
Freud and the Politics of Psychoanalysis
This is a critique of Freud's work, tracing its political content and context from his early writings to his late essays. It shows that when read politically Freud's discourse can be seen to unite... (more)
Freud and the institution of psychoanalytic knowledge:
Through an examination of Freud's writings on culture, psychoanalytic technique and the history of the psychoanalytic movement, this book offers a cultural history of the strategies Freud employed to... (more)
Woodrow Wilson: a psychological study:
330 pages. (more)
Dreams and Emotional Adaptation: A Clinical Notebook for Psychotherapists
In this groundbreaking book, Dr Langs invites you into his world. With this invitation comes a new understanding of dreams and the insights they hold. It offers an innovative method of attending to... (more)
The Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Sandor Ferenczi: Volume 3: 1920-1933
This third and final volume of the correspondence between the founder of psychoanalysis and one of his most colourful disciples beings to a closer Sandor Ferenczi's and the story of one of the most... (more)
Heinz Kohut: The Chicago Institute Lectures
Delivered to advanced candidates at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. 432 pages. (more)
Pioneers of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis
This volume brings together 14 papers by interpersonal pioneers. Collectively, they demonstrate the coherence and explanatory richness of interpersonal psychoanalysis, emphasizing relational patterns... (more)
Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
A timely reprint of this classc work that was composed when Schreber, a distinguished German jurist, was confined to a mental hospital. It describes his world as an enormous architecture of nerves,... (more)
Soul Murder Revisited: Thoughts about Therapy, Hate, Love, and Memory
New in paperback. A reflection on the circumstances of child abuse, and on the consequences of this abuse. There are examples from literature and from clinical material. 328 pages. (more)
Terrifying transferences
This work shows therapists how to understand the process of trauma recreation. It discusses how to move with the client through the re- experiencing of the physical pain or the psychological terror,... (more)
Freudian repression: Conversation creating the unconscious
This work presents a reformulation of Freud's concept of repression, showing that in his theory of the unconscious he fails to examine how people actually repress shameful thoughts. Drawing on... (more)
Women as therapists: A multitheoretical casebook
This book aims to advance the understanding of women who bring to their work as therapists the empathy and caring that are the cornerstone of successful treatment, regardless of their theoretical... (more)
Relational Psychoanalysis: Volume 1: The Emergence of a Tradition
A collection of papers by authors within the recent psychoanalytical trend towards models of mind and development grounded in object relations concepts. Introductions place each paper in its... (more)
Kohut's Freudian vision:
Interest in Kohut's work is now centred around self psychology. Prior to this, he was better known for his interpretations of Freudian theory. The author describes Kohut's approach to Freudian theory... (more)
Being of Two Minds: The Vertical Split in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
From the unfaithful husband to the binge eater, from the secret cross-dresser to the pilferer of worthless items, there are those who seem to live two lives, to be divided selves, to be literally of... (more)
Freudian Analysts / Feminist Issues
In this book Judith M. Hughes makes a highly original case for conceptualizing gender identity as potentially multiple. She does so by situating her argument within the history of psychoanalysis.... (more)
Psychoanalytic Theories of Affect
An attempt to collate and clarify psychoanalytic theories on affect, and how they relate to the clinical process. Stein outlines and analyses the most important theories on affect, and examines... (more)
Approaching Psychoanalysis: An Introductory Course
A comprehensive user-friendly introductory account of Freudian theory and other major currents in psychoanalytic thought. It also includes biographical material on the major theorists. It helps to... (more)
Psychoanalytic Therapy as Health Care: Effectiveness and Economics in the 21st Century
In this book, a timely and trenchant consideration of the clash of values between managed care and psychoanalysis, contributors elaborate a thoughtful defense of the therapeutic necessity and social... (more)
Humor and psyche: psychoanalytic perspectives:
The essays in this volume address the role of humour in clinical work, in creativity, and in life in general. The aim of the book is to guide the clinician toward a thoughtful and judicious... (more)
Love and attachment: contemporary issues and treatment considerations:
This work focuses on love and attachment in all of its permutations, and on the barriers that exist to achieving closeness. The specific social groups addressed include gender, class, race and... (more)
The Power of the inner judge: The Psychodynamic treatment of severe neuroses
This work argues that the intensive conflicts and anxieties characteristic of the severe neuroses can be approached analytically: and this can be tailored to allow for such modifications as... (more)
Brothers and Sisters: Developmental, Dynamic, and Technical Aspects of the Sibling Relationship
Sibling relationships and rivalry are as old as recorded history. This analysis explores that ambivalence between siblings, which casts its shadow throughout people's lifetimes and affects their... (more)
Autonomy in the Extreme Situation: Bruno Bettelheim, the Nazi Concentration Camps and the Mass Society
This work presents an attempt to elucidate and develop Bettelheim's controversial insights on the behaviour of concentration camp inmates. A discussion of the significance of Bettelheim's findings... (more)
Personality Development: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
A comprehensive overview of personality development, beginning in utero and covering the period up to early adulthood. It focuses on each stage of development and covers areas such as the Oedipus... (more)
The Mystery of Things
In The Mystery of Things, Christopher Bollas takes the reader right to the heart of psychotherapy, examining the mysterious aspects of the self that are revealed by analysis.
The method of... (more)
