Psychoanalysis Books
Relational Concepts in Psychoanalysis: An Integration
There are more psychoanalytic theories today than anyone knows what to do with, and the heterogeneity and complexity of the entire body of psychoanalytic though have become staggering. In Relational... (more)
The Psychopathic Mind
A presentation of current knowledge concerning the psychopathic personality and its functioning. (more)
What is Effective in Psychoanalytic Therapy
Compares the psychoanalytic technique of the 1930s with today's more rational concept of therapeutic action based on a developmentally rooted, parent-child model. The author stresses that... (more)
Anxiety and Neurosis
Anxiety may be debilitating or stimulating; it can result in neurotic symptoms or in improved, heightened performance in an actor or athlete. It is something every human being has experienced.
As... (more)
Narcissistic Wounds: Clinical Perspectives
This work synthesizes current thinking on narcissism making such disorders more recognisable, understandable and treatable. It emphasizes the various aspects of narcissistic pathology and examines... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Catholicism
This is an exploration of the similarities and differences between these two, often feuding, perspectives on living: psychoanalysis and Catholicism.
The Primer of Object Relations: Second Edition
Formerly entitled Scharff Notes, this is a short primer on object relations therapy. The content of the book derives from students' most frequently asked questions, together with the Scharffs'... (more)
Psychosis: Understanding and Treatment
Provides coverage of the official theories surrounding schizophrenia and examines the range of ideas on what causes psychosis and how it can be worked with. The first half of the book deals with the... (more)
On Flirtation
Building on his previous collection of psychoanalytic essays, On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored, the author turns his attention to the subject of flirting. (more)
Psychoanalysis and Infant Research
This collection of findings, about the first two years of life, examines the implications for contemporary psychoanalysis. It explores this in terms of the unfolding sense of self, then... (more)
What Do Psychoanalysts Want?: The Problem of Aims in Psychoanalytic Therapy
An examination of the aims and objectives of psychoanalysis and what the discipline is really attempting to achieve. (more)
Understanding Mental Objects
In this study the changing meanings of important psychoanalytic concepts are traced from context to context, and underlying theoretical issues are discussed in depth. The text includes a historical... (more)
The Truth About Freud's Technique: The Encounter With the Real
This incisive reappraisal of Freud's clinical technique challenges conventional notions on psychoanalysis and reveals a more personal and humanistic side of Freud. It argues for a return to a... (more)
Slings and Arrows
Examines what practitioners can do to help the victims of narcissistic wounds to integrate, mourn and heal them. (more)
In the Image of God: A Psychoanalystis View
A volume of personal reflections from a psychoanalyst and believer in the Christian faith. He describes how his belief affects his work. 128 pages. (more)
Regression to dependence: A second opportunity for ego integration and developmental progression
This text extends the proposal that regression is a necessary component of the treatment of disturbed patients - particularly those with significant false self pathology. It argues that the therapist... (more)
Classics in Psychoanalytic Technique: Revised Edition
A collection of seminal writings by over 40 prominent psychoanalysts on topics such as: the dynamics of transference, the "real" relationship, the meaning and uses of countertransference, the... (more)
A Quest for Answers: A Primer of Understanding and Treating Severe Personality Disorders
This text examines severe personality disorders from various angles. It covers: diagnosis and differential diagnosis; structure and dynamics; origins and development; evaluation and triage;... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader
What is object-relations theory and what does it have to do with literary studies? How can Freud's phallocentric theories be applied by feminist critics? The book offers clear and straightforward... (more)
A Primer of Kleinian Therapy
This work defines and illustrates the Kleinian approach to psychotherapy. Previous books on Kleinian approaches have concerned themselves almost exclusively with psychoanalysis. This book... (more)