A revised and updated edition of this recent classic, including new material on insight and early development, amongst others. Within each subject, the author presents the theories and observations... (more)
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)
The Future of an Illusion, Civilization and its Discontents and Other Works (1927 - 1931). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of... (more)
An Autobiographical Study, Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety, Lay Analysis and Other Works (1925-1926). 312 pages.
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)
On the History of the Psycho-Analytic Movement, Papers on Metapsychology and Other Works (1914 - 1916). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard... (more)
Cogitations, the last of the posthumous publications, is a collection of occasional writings representing Bion's attempts to clarify and evaluate both his own ideas and those of others by casting... (more)
A collection of papers focusing on the Kleinian conception of the Oedipus complex, how this is now understood, and what effect it has had on clinical practice.
The papers by Ronald Britton,... (more)
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)
A classic study which, by synthesizing the approaches of psychoanalysis and group dynamics, has added a new dimension to the understanding of group phenomena. This collection of Bion's writings on... (more)
Includes papers on the interpretation of destructiveness, the use of 'part-object language', the role of the past in the present, and 'acting-in'. 315 pages. (more)
Now available again in paperback. A fine, concise account of the life and work of Freud, which might prove useful to anyone seeking a general overview before plunging into Freud's works. (more)
Symbolism, aesthetics, dreams, and psychotic thinking are explored by Segal, who integrates the ideas of Freud, Klein and Bion.
'Theatres of the Mind is one of the finest contributions of contemporary French psychanalysis', writes Otto Kernberg in his foreword to this book. Using the idiom of drama, Joyce McDougall... (more)
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Films of Ingmar Bergman presents a contemporary Freudian-Lacanian assessment of this classic director. This collection is the first to bring together this unique... (more)
With contributions from Anne Alvarez, Joshua Durban, Jeffrey L. Eaton, Bernard Golse, Didier Houzel, Howard B. Levine, Suzanne Maiello, Sylvain Missonnier, Bernd Nissen, Marganit Ofer, and Jani... (more)
This text examines human sexuality through psychoanalytic theory and modern ego psychology, which looks at emotional meaning and its organization in symbolic representations of affect as organized by... (more)
Across the array of topics explored in this comprehensive volume, philosopher and psychoanalyst Jon Mills argues for a fundamental return to the question and meaning of existence. Drawing on the... (more)
In this close reading of Freudian theory, Jerome C. Wakefield reconstructs Freud’s argument for the Oedipal theory of the psychoneuroses, placing the case of Little Hans into a philosophy-of-science... (more)
This insightful book critically reviews and presents an accessible introduction to the life and work of one of the most celebrated modern psychoanalysts, Michael Eigen.
With work spanning over... (more)
The ways in which we imagine and experience time are changing dramatically. Climate change, unending violent conflict, fraying material infrastructures, permanent debt and widening social... (more)
In this volume, internationally acclaimed psychoanalysts, philosophers, and scholars of humanities examine the mind-body problem and provide differing analyses on the nature of mind, unconscious... (more)
Vital Flows explores the concept of the Interpsychic, or that which exists in our unconscious or preconscious inter- and intra-human exchanges, and demonstrates its significance for understanding... (more)
This collection illuminates the legacy of Wilfred R. Bion in Brazil, illustrating Bion's continued influence on the work of the Sao Paulo Psychoanalytic Society (SBPSP), how Bionian ideas are applied... (more)
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)
This book addresses a range of fundamental questions around the nature of psychoanalysis. It distinguishes how psychoanalysis differs from other forms of therapy, explores the ways in which insights... (more)
Sets forth an integrated concept of the 'natural history' of the psychoanalytical process, viewed in the light of experience gained in the child-analytical playroom, and applied to the more... (more)
Amazing! Freud’s good old Ego has become the star of the net: a symptom of our times, as Lacan anticipated. Ego as symptom, delights of the ego, ego at the end of analysis… with the compass of... (more)