Psychoanalysis Books
On Freud’s “Moses and Monotheism”
On Freud’s "Moses and Monotheism" discusses key themes in Sigmund Freud’s final book, Moses and Monotheism, written between 1934 and 1939. The contributors reflect on the historical context of the... (more)
Femininity, Desire and Sublimation in Psychoanalysis: From the Melancholic to the Erotic
Femininity, Desire and Sublimation in Psychoanalysis explores female subjectivity and examines the complexities inherent in psychoanalytic work realized by women analysts with women.
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Attuned Treatment of Developmental Trauma: Non-abused, High-functioning People Living Outside of Time
This book takes a painstaking look at developmental trauma as it manifests in group, individual, and combined psychotherapies, tracking the growth of non-abused individuals who have courageously... (more)
From the Abyss of Loneliness to the Bliss of Solitude: Cultural, Social and Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Social isolation and loneliness are increasingly being recognised as a priority public health problem and policy issue worldwide, with the effect on mortality comparable to risk-factors such as... (more)
The Racist Fantasy: Unconscious Roots of Hatred
What stands out about racism is its ability to withstand efforts to legislate or educate it away. In The Racist Fantasy Todd McGowan argues that its persistence is due to a massive unconscious... (more)
Pandemics, Wars, Traumas and Literature: Echoes from the Front Lines
This book presents unique insights into the experiences of frontline medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, psychoanalytic work with trauma and perspectives from literature.
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Reflections on Contemporary Psychoanalytic Thought: The Lisbon Lectures
Over the past decade, the Portuguese Psychoanalytical Society took the opportunity to restructure and redefine their organisation. As part of this process, they invited outstanding psychoanalysts... (more)
Hating, Abhorring and Wishing to Destroy: Psychoanalytic Essays on the Contemporary Moment
The kinds of hatreds that analysts have assumed make up part of the unspoken backdrop of Western civilization have now erupted into our daily foreground. This book, consisting of essays from eleven... (more)
Donald Meltzer: A Contemporary Introduction
In this intelligent and insightful work, Meg Harris Williams presents a clear and readable introduction to the works of influential psychoanalyst Donald Meltzer. The book covers Meltzer's ideas on... (more)
Plato’s Ghost: Minus Links and Liminality in Psychoanalytic Practice
Psychoanalytic encounters are filled with the unknowability of two unconscious minds meeting. Here one may forge a link that enables the process of meaning-making, or else it can become the space for... (more)
Autonomy, Relatedness and Oedipus: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Autonomy, Relatedness, and Oedipus is an innovative and inspiring work from Thijs de Wolf that takes a critical look at the field of psychoanalysis. He takes the view that psychoanalysis is about... (more)
The Sound of the Unconscious: Psychoanalysis as Music
In this book, Ludovica Grassi explores the importance of music in psychoanalysis, arguing that music is a basic working tool for psyche, as words are composed of sound, rhythm and intonation more... (more)
Finding the Piggle: Reconsidering D. W. Winnicott's Most Famous Child Case
The Piggle is one of the most famous and beloved child cases in the history of psychoanalysis. A two-year-old girl suffering from terrible nightmares, depression, and self-harming behaviours, the... (more)
The Shadow of the Object: Psychoanalysis of the Unthought Known: 30th Anniversary Edition
In The Shadow of the Object, Christopher Bollas integrates aspects of Freud's theory of unconscious thinking with elements from the British Object Relations School. In doing so, he offers radical new... (more)
Lectures on Technique by Melanie Klein: Edited with Critical Review by John Steiner
Melanie Klein's Lectures on Technique is based on a series of six lectures given by Melanie Klein to students at the British Psychoanalytical Society in 1936 and repeated several times in subsequent... (more)
An Analytic Journey: From the Art of Archery to the Art of Psychoanalysis
This book is a journey through almost forty years of practice. Each chapter is independent of the others and develops around a specific theme: psychoanalysis in France, the transference, fathers... (more)
Driving Soma: A Transformational Process in the Analytic Encounter
Plunged into the experience of an analytic session, analysand and analyst can come closer to what Freud terms the "primary processes". A clear-cut distinction between body and mind tends to become... (more)
The New Dictionary of Kleinian Thought
The New Dictionary of Kleinian Thought provides a comprehensive and wholly accessible exposition of Kleinian ideas. Offering a thorough update of R.D. Hinshelwood's highly acclaimed original, this... (more)
Consultations in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
In the course of addressing the challenges of conducting assessment consultations in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, this book engages with many technical as well as theoretical issues. It includes ... (more)
Psychoanalytic Case Formulation
What kinds of questions do experienced therapists ask themselves when facing a new client? How can clinical expertise be taught? From the author of the landmark "Psychoanalytic Diagnosis" (catalogue... (more)
Standard Edition Vol 17: An Infantile Neurosis and Other Works
An Infantile Neurosis and Other Works (1917 - 1919). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of The Complete Psychological Works of... (more)
Standard Edition Vol 13: Totem and Taboo and Other Works
Totem and Taboo and Other Works (1913 - 1914). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund... (more)
Standard Edition Vol 11: Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis, Leonardo da Vinci and Other Works
Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis, Leonardo Da Vinci and Other Works (1910). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of The Complete... (more)
Attention and Interpretation
Bion's central thesis in this volume is that for the study of people, whether individually or in groups, a cardinal requisite is accurate observation, accompanied by accurate appreciation and... (more)
Learning from Experience
'As the problems raised in this book are fundamental to learning they have a long history of investigation and discussion. In phsycho-analytical practice, particularly with patients displaying... (more)