Psychoanalysis Books
Rewriting the self: Histories from the Middle Ages to the present
This work is an exploration of ideas of the self, in the western cultural tradition, from the Renaissance to the present. Based on a seminar series held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in... (more)
Transcending the Self: An Object Relations Model of Psychoanalytic Therapy
Despite the popularity of object relations theories, these theories are often abstract, with the relation between theory and clinical technique left vague and unclear. Now, in Transcending the Self:... (more)
That obscure subject of desire: Freud's female homosexual revisited
An interdisciplinary collection of essays by leading scholars commenting on the significance of Freud's largely forgotten case study, 'Psychogenesis of a case of homosexuality in a woman.' The book... (more)
Lay analysis: Life inside the controversy
Chronicles the almost century-long struggle within organized psychoanalysis over the issue of lay analysis that divided the psychoanalytic world, and impacted every aspect of psychoanalysis including... (more)
Psychoanalysis on the Move: The Work of Joseph Sandler
A comprehensive overview of Joseph Sandler's contribution to the development of psychoanalysis. This book traces the development of the main themes and achievements of Sandler's work, in particular... (more)
Freud, psychoanalysis and symbolism:
This work offers a general theory of symbolism, derived from Freud's psychoanalytic theory and relocated within mainstream scientific psychology. It presents a development of Freud's treatment of... (more)
A psychoanalysis for our time: Exploring the blindness of the seeing I
Psychoanalysis has profound relevance for our troubled time. The author steers a course between Freud's followers and dissenters and shows both the strengths and weaknesses of modern psychoanalysis.... (more)
Essential Papers on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
This work collects the most important writings on the comprehension and treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Editor Mardi J. Horowitz provides a concise and illuminating introductory essay on... (more)
Rethinking Clinical Technique
This text addresses the issue of whether it is possible to think clearly about clinical technique in an era of fluidity and change. Using clinical examples, the author offers an approach to clinical... (more)
The Destructive Narcissistic Pattern
This text describes a constellation of characteristics generally associated with pathological narcissism, but which are fewer and less severe. Nonetheless, these characteristics negatively impact... (more)
Building Bridges: The Negotiation of Paradox in Psychoanalysis
This work gives recognition to the central place of negotiation in the analytic relationship and therapeutic process, and in psychoanalytic development and clinical theory. It examines how analyst... (more)
Toxic Nourishment
A profound look at the origins of patient's maladies and the way they lead their lives. The author describes the analyses leading to de-programming these patients from their toxins and intoxicators.... (more)
Adolescence and Psychoanalysis: The Story and the History
This collection of classic and contemporary essays makes a major contribution to the reassessment of psychoanalytic understanding and treatment of adults.
Contributors:
Peter Blos, Raymond...
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Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism
Offers a broad-ranging perspective of the contemporary debates surrounding social constructionist perspectives in psychology. The contributors map connections between theory, method, and politics in... (more)
The Analyst's Preconscious
How do the analyst's consciously held theoretical commitments intersect with the actual conduct of analysis? This text explores this question, revolving around in-depth interviews with 65 analysts in... (more)
The World of Self Psychology: Progress in Self Psychology: Vol. 14
Volume 14 of Progress in Self Psychology, The World of Self Psychology, introduces a valuable new section to the series: publication of noteworthy material from the Kohut Archives of the Chicago... (more)
The sovereign self: toward a phenomenology of self experience:
This work contends that a human being cannot thrive unless his social group acknowledges and values his intrinsic authentic self. Individuals denied such acknowledgement will fill the resulting void... (more)
The Facilitating Partnership: A Winnicottian Approach for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals
This text concentrates on key Winnicottian concepts that are suited to agency-based social work-practice with people whose psychological well-being has been compromised by acute disruption or trauma,... (more)
Working Intersubjectively: Contextualism in Psychoanalytic Practice
From an overview of the basic principles of intersubjectivity theory, this text proceeds to contextualist critiques of the concept of psychoanalytic technique and of the myth of analytic... (more)
Cruelty, Violence and Murder
The line that separates those who kill from those who only think about it, and from those who injure themselves, is often thinner than we imagine. Convicted murderers serving life-sentences in... (more)
Unformulated Experience: From Dissociation to Imagination in Psychoanalysis:
In this text on psychoanalysis, hermeneutics and social constructivism, Donnel Stern explores the relationship between two fundamental kinds of experiences: explicit verbal reflection and... (more)
Psychological Writings and Letters
A substantive introduction by Sandor Gilman, is followed by selections from some of Freud's most important writings: Letters to Fliess, On Dreams, Infantile Sexuality, The Uncanny, Delusions and... (more)
Where Analysis Meets the Arts: The Integration of the Arts Therapies with Psychoanalytic Theory
This book aims to provide the reader with a theoretical framework that considers how psychoanalysis can enrich the clinical application of the arts therapies. Five specialist arts therapies used in... (more)
Body and soul: the role of object relations in faith, shame, and healing:
Object relations theory, recognized in this book as the epistemological basis for modern psychoanalysis, entails some unpopular and unorthodox ideas. The author demonstrates this whilst addressing... (more)
Psychoanalytic Understanding of Violence and Suicide
This volume comprises a collection of case studies from analysts who have treated patients who have committed serious acts of violence, either against others or themselves. (more)
The Psychoanalysis of Race
This collection of essays studies the seemingly permanent racial undercurrents of society, focusing on unconscious fantasies and identities. The essays engage with postcolonial, political and... (more)
Psychology and the Soul: A Study of the Origin, Conceptual Evolution, and Nature of the Soul.
An accessible translation of Rank's now classic work on religion and the soul. His commentary is not limited to beliefs about individual souls, but includes ideas about group souls. He suggests that... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: The Controversies and the Future
In this, the sixth volume in the highly successful monograph series produced under the auspices of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Health Services (EFPP), the... (more)