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Cultural Zoo: Animals in the Human Mind and its Sublimation
‘This book is a major contribution to culture and to the psychoanalytic literature. The authors explore how animals, both wild and domesticated, have powerful symbolic meanings in our psyches,... (more)
Creative Therapeutic Technique: Skills for the Art of Bringing Forth Change
Performance. This is where it starts. The Keeneys' heretical perspective holds that professionals can fill up on theory - indeed, on many theories - at the expense of developing the performance... (more)
Betrayal: Developmental, Literary, and Clinical Realms
Betrayal underlies all psychic trauma, whether sexual abuse or profound neglect, violence or treachery, extramarital affair or embezzlement. When we betray others, we violate their confidence in us.... (more)
From Psychoanalysis to Group Analysis: The Pioneering Work of Trigant Burrow
This volume gathers a selection of psychoanalytic and group analytic essays by Trigant Burrow (1875-1950), precursor of group analysis and co-founder of the American Psychoanalytic Association. They... (more)
Matters of Life and Death: Psychoanalytic Reflections
The author's focus in this book is upon the intrapsychic vicissitudes of what it means to be truly alive and how death accompanies us at each step of our life's journey. He attempts to show that,... (more)
Good Feelings: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Positive Emotions and Attitudes
This tightly edited volume opens a new vista in psychoanalysis by focusing upon positive and life-enhancing emotions and attitudes. The realms it covers include love, friendship, enthusiasm, courage,... (more)
The Paradoxical Legacy of Sigmund Freud
By way of a new reading of The Complete Works of Sigmund Freud, this book introduces the notion of a theory of practice to the psychoanalytic endeavour. Spelled out in terms of interdependent... (more)
The Practice of Psychology: The Battle for Professionalism
The impressive list of contributors to this volume constitutes a virtual 'who's who' of professional psychology. This volume is an invaluable resource for the practitioner who wishes to understand... (more)
Panic Disorder: Assessment and Treatment Through a Wide-Angled Lens
In this one stop reference the authors have distilled a wealth of information providing easy access to the latest pharmacological agents, tried and true cognitive-behavioural techniques, and a host... (more)
Holdin Pott
A worn pressure cooker and a sweet little pot learn new ways of dealing with difficult feelings. Meet the Potts. Holdin Pott grew up learning to keep in feelings of sadness and anger. He is one tough... (more)
Agnes's Broken Dreams
It has been thirty years since Agnes last visited the country of her birth and upbringing. While it is at the request of her aging, narcissistic mother, she has her own reasons for making the journey... (more)
Working with Attachment Trauma: Clinical Application of the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System
The Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP) has served as a prominent assessment tool for adults and adolescents internationally for over 20 years. This book introduces the AAP and... (more)
Psychoanalytic Investigations in Philosophy: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Current Existential Challenges
This pioneering volume explores and exemplifies the relevance of psychoanalysis to contemporary philosophical problems. The novelty of the book's viewpoint is the consideration of psychoanalysis as... (more)
Clara M. Thompson’s Professional Evolution and Legacy: An American Psychoanalyst (1933-1958)
Beginning in 1933, after Sandor Ferenczi’s death, this volume draws extensively from interviews, personal correspondence, and scholarly essays to explore the latter part of Clara Thompson’s life and... (more)
Shandean Psychoanalysis: Tristram Shandy, Madness and Trauma
This unique book examines the psychoanalysis of madness and trauma through an extended discussion of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, the provocative eighteenth-century novel by... (more)
Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust: Between Postmemory and Postmemorial Work
Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust presents interdisciplinary postmemorial endeavors of second-, third- and fourth-generation Holocaust survivors living in Israel and in... (more)
Psychoanalysis and the New Rhetoric: Freud, Burke, Lacan, and Philosophy's Other Scenes
Psychoanalysis and the New Rhetoric: Freud, Burke, Lacan, and Philosophy's Other Scenes is an innovative work that places the fields of psychoanalysis and rhetoric in dynamic resonance with one... (more)
The Future of Forensic Psychology: Core Topics and Emerging Trends
The Future of Forensic Psychology: Core Topics and Emerging Trends is an authoritative text that presents state-of-the-art research from rising stars in the field. Presented in an accessible way, it... (more)
Memory, Trauma and the Spirited Life: Remembering and Identity
Memory, Trauma and the Spirited Life offers a unique understanding of memory’s role in developing as a person, in navigating the course of life, and in mitigating emotional pain.
This book... (more)
Communicating with Vulnerable Patients: A Novel Psychological Approach
Communicating with Vulnerable Patients explores ways to improve the communication process between highly vulnerable patients and the therapist, based on the assumption of the permanent presence of an... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Other Disciplines Confront Prejudice: Discrimination Against the Other
Psychoanalysis and Other Disciplines Confront Prejudice: Discrimination Against the Other presents interdisciplinary perspectives on prejudice.
This book considers both the negative and positive... (more)
Children Recovering from Complex Trauma: From Wound to Scar
Children Recovering from Complex Trauma: From Wound to Scar draws on the latest knowledge and research on complex trauma in children, as well as the authors’ expertise, in order to outline a... (more)
The Climate Book
We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen.
You might think it's an impossible task:... (more)
Gender, Power, and Global Social Justice: The Healing Power of Psychotherapy
This book analyses how practitioners can use psychotherapy as a healing mechanism, focusing on the intersection of gender, power, and social justice within the global context.
It begins by... (more)
Toy Story and the Inner World of the Child: Animation, Play, and Creative Life
Toy Story and the Inner World of the Childoffers the first comprehensive analysis of the role of toys and play within the development of film and animation.
The author takes the reader on a... (more)
Personal Grief Rituals: Creating Unique Expressions of Loss and Meaningful Acts of Mourning in Clinical or Private Settings
Personal Grief Rituals presents a new model for how bereaved individuals can create unique expressions of mourning that are tailored to their psychological needs and grounded in memories and emotions... (more)
A Playful Approach to Restoration Therapy: Helping Kids Play their Way from Pain to Peace
This accessible guide provides family and play therapists with an innovative method for addressing maladaptive emotional behavior in vulnerable children, helping them develop a practical... (more)
Has Your Child Been Traumatized?: How to Know and What to Do to Promote Healing and Recovery
When your child has been through an upsetting or stressful event, it can feel overwhelming. Is your child traumatized? Are new behaviors normal, or signs of PTSD? What can you do to make your child... (more)
Clara M. Thompson’s Early Years and Professional Awakening: An American Psychoanalyst (1893-1933)
In the first of this two-volume biography, Ann D’Ercole tells the story of Clara M. Thompson, drawing extensively on unpublished archival interviews and correspondence, to provide a full and complex... (more)
Existentialism in Pandemic Times: Implications for Psychotherapists, Coaches and Organisations
Building on Monica Hanaway’s previous publications, this timely volume considers the benefits of bringing an existential approach to psychotherapy, coaching, supervision and leadership, particularly... (more)