Robert Bor and, Riva Miller, who run the AIDS Counseling Service at the Royal Free Hospital, London, are internationally known for their work in providing consultation to many hospital departments... (more)
This book questions whether 'autonomy' is a pivotal psychotherapeutic value. Basing his discussion upon the key Kleinian concept of 'projective identification', the author argues that 'integration'... (more)
Based on the 1996 Family Law Act, this book looks at how the therapist can work with the different professions involved in a divorce, how children might be consulted, and ways in which vulnerable... (more)
The Peper Harow residential community was founded in 1970 and gained repute for its pioneering work with disturbed adolescents. This text assesses Peper Harow's success in managing disturbed... (more)
First published in 1976, this is a standard text on bereavement. (more)
In this provocative book, the author determines where anger and rage originate and explores whether these powerful passions are purely negative, pathological and evil, or whether they can be... (more)
The Squiggle Foundation has for many years produced Winnicott Studies, a journal which celebrates and reconsiders the work of Donald Winnicott, the groundbreaking pediatrician and psychoanalyst. This... (more)
Lacanian psychoanalysis and much contemporary literary theory is based upon the model of signs and language proposed by Ferdinand de Saussure. This book criticises Saussure's ideas and explores some... (more)
This book traces a line of continuity in psychoanalysis back to Freud and his immediate followers, and describes the major transformations that followed, particularly in the works of Heinz Hartmann... (more)
This is the second volume of the works of Karl Abraham, whose Selected Papers on Psycho-Analysis is one of the most widely read and highly valued classics on the subject. The first part of this book... (more)
Karl Abraham was an important and influential early member of Freud's inner circle of trusted colleagues. As such, he played a significant part in the establishment of psychoanalysis as a recognised... (more)
Until recently, the use of humour in therapy has been decried and demeaned. However, Freud himself was an active joke-teller, and used wit in many interactions with patients. The text considers the... (more)
Collected papers by Harry Guntrip, with a critical introduction. A key figure in British Psychoanalysis, Guntrip was analysed by Fairbairn and Winnicott and drew his theories from both. The papers... (more)
'Self-Processing' is Langs' development of self-analysis. He lays down a detailed technique and ground-rules for using this technique in everyday practice, in order to utilise the encoded impulses... (more)
This is an exploration of the similarities and differences between these two, often feuding, perspectives on living: psychoanalysis and Catholicism.
Includes his classic overview of symbolism. (more)
Writing in Psychoanalysis is the first volume in the projected Monograph Series, Psychoanalytic Issues, the Rivista di Psicoanalisi (the Journal of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society) is undertaking... (more)
Written by psychologists in areas of abnormal and differential psychology, this text aims to integrate evidence and ideas from healthy personality and temperament on the one hand and psychological... (more)
This work examines how children's bodies are constructed in schools, families, courts, hospitals and in film. Recognizing that children's bodies are a target for adult practices of social regulation,... (more)
This work examines children's theories of mind, construed as the understanding of others' intentions, beliefs, and desires. It is divided into four parts, including the nature of development of... (more)
A collection of Jung's writings on psychosis which together contain the seeds of his theoretical divergence from psychoanalysis and provide insights into the development of his later concepts such as... (more)
A discussion of the possible therapeutic moves and options in child psychotherapy, in which the author advocates a commonsense approach, encouraging the reader to fit treatment plans to patients,... (more)