Veikko Tähkä received his psychoanalytic training in Stockholm in the 1950s and worked at the Austen Riggs Center from 1959 to 1961 and again from 1987 to 1989. Although his framework does not belong to any particular psychoanalytic school, he is internationally known and respected. He has published four books and over one hundred articles in the fields of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and psychiatry, including Mind and Its Treatment: A Psychoanalytic Approach (1993) and Power of Understanding: Essays in Honour of Veikko Tahka (2004).
Psychoanalysis keeps on evolving and rather than going over theories already vocalised, this collection of important papers introduces new ideas and theories along with valuable clinical material.... (more)