Psychoanalysis Books
Why Did Freud Reject God? A Psychodynamic Interpretation
A fascinating journey into Freud's past to examine the roots of his atheism, providing a psychodynamic interpretation of his rejection of God. (more)
Freud and the Question of Pseudoscience
In the early 1970s, Cioffi demonstrated that Freud falsified the account of his discovery of the Oedipus complex - an account that had gone unquestioned until that time. Moreover, Cioffi showed that... (more)
Remembering Trauma: A Psychotherapist's Guide to Memory and Illusion
This review of the controversy surrounding recovered memory relates the issues to a range of psychological therapies (not just psychoanalysis) and goes beyond the debate in order to demonstrate the... (more)
Reading Melanie Klein
Kleinian psychoanalysis has recently experienced a renaissance in academic and clinical circles. Reading Melanie Klein responds to the upsurge of interest in her work by bringing together the most... (more)
Knowledge and Authority in the Psychoanalytic Relationship
In this work, a dozen clinical theorists address the nature and impact of authority on the psychoanalytic situation, examining authority as 'rightness' (a matter of knowing) and authority as... (more)
Even Paranoids Have Enemies: New Perspectives in Paranoia and Persecution
'Even paranoids have enemies' is the reply Golda Meir is said to have made to Henry Kissinger who, during the 1973 Sinai talks, accused her of being paranoid for hesitating to grant further... (more)
Emotional rescue: The theory and practice of a feminist father
This text examines feminist mothering theory and psychoanalytic theories of narcissism. The author describes his effort to share in the care of his daughter during her first four years. The... (more)
The death of psychoanalysis: Murder? suicide? or rumor greatly exaggerated?
Psychoanalysis is in danger of becoming marginalized, if not extinct, contends Robert Prince. Questions asked by the contributors to this book include: will psychoanalysis survive?, and will it... (more)
Alfred Adler, the forgotten prophet: A vision for the 21st century
This study examines the ideas of Alfred Adler, a key figure in the development of psychology. It demonstrates that some of Adler's early precepts - such as his belief in the social equality of all... (more)
Midwifery of the soul: A holistic perspective on psychoanalysis
Examines how, early in her career, Margaret Arden became fascinated by the problem of the gap between theory and practice. The text considers how, as a result, she arrived at the belief that there is... (more)
John Bowlby: His Early Life: A Biographical Journey Into the Roots of Attachment Theory
Covering John Bowlby's life and work, this text highlights the events linked to the creation of Attachment Theory. It covers Bowlby's family of origin, his upbringing, schooling, and later education.... (more)
Loss: Attachment and Loss: Volume 3
In this third and final volume John Bowlby completes the trilogy Attachment and Loss, his much acclaimed work on the importance of the parental relationship to mental health. Here he examines the... (more)
Questions for Freud: The secret history of psychoanalysis
With the intrigue of a mystery, Questions for Freud uncovers the paradoxes that riddle psychoanalysis today and traces them to FreudÆs life. Nicholas Rand and Maria Torok develop a new biographical... (more)
Truth games: lies, money and psychoanalysis
New in paperback. These essays offer a philosophical and historical perspective on the mechanics, moral dilemmas, and implications of psychoanalysis. The book attempts to provide an understanding of... (more)
Attachment and psychopathology
This volume uses attachment theory and techniques in order to extend our understanding and prediction of psychopathology. Studies of groups such as divorced mothers, chronically ill infants, and... (more)
On Freud's couch: seven new interpretations of Freud's case histories
In this volume, six Swedish clinicians take advantage of the accessibility of seven of Freud's classic cases to demonstrate how the psychoanalytic lens can give shape and meaning to universal... (more)
Subject relations in psychoanalysis: Unconscious experience and relational psychoanalysis
In this text the authors discuss the existence of an interpersonal and transpersonal unconscious - a relational space, which is unrepressed and capable of creativity in making relationships. They... (more)
Fathers, Families and the Outside World
This is the second monograph to be published under the auspices of Winnicott Studies, the Squiggle Foundation's renowned series of publications on contemporary applications of Winnicott's thought.... (more)
Sexual Deviation
Distinguished practitioners and academic experts discuss the most recent advances on the area of sexual deviation in their fields from a psychiatric, legal, psychotherapeutic and behaviour therapy... (more)
Reason and Passion: A Celebration of the Work of Hanna Segal
Hanna Segal is one of the best-known living British psychoanalysts. She was one of the first European psychoanalysts to receive the prestigious Sigourney Award for contributions to psychoanalysis.... (more)
The ethics of psychoanalysis
248 pages.
Intimacy and Infidelity
Contents include: Fidelity: from cannibalism to imperialism and beyond; intimacy and individuation; egocentricity. (more)
Freud under analysis: history, theory, practice: Essays in honor of Paul Roazen
This volume consists of 18 contributions from prominent figures in psychoanalysis. Over five sections, they examine the social, historical, and intellectual context within which Freud lived and... (more)
Circular Reflections: Selected papers of Malcolm Pines.
In this selection of papers, Malcolm Pines explores many different aspects of psychoanalysis and group analysis. Section One contains four papers which highlight mirroring, child development, and... (more)
Hope and Mortality: Psychodynamic Approaches to AIDS and HIV
This collection of essays on psychodynamic approaches to AIDS provides general principles involved in working with patients and explores the range of therapeutic issues that have arisen. Chapters... (more)
Spleen and nostalgia: a life and work in psychoanalysis
In this intellectual memoir, Gedo paints a portrait of American psychoanalysis, its popular peak and its failure to face the complexity of its task, and its consequent retreat into schismatic... (more)
Construction and reconstruction of memory
This work addresses the controversy surrounding recovered memories of child abuse. Is it possible to know when such memories are true representations of what happened, when they are fantasies full of... (more)