Psychoanalysis Books
Freud and Oedipus
Freud and Oedipus reassesses Freud's central concept of the Oedipus complex from the interlocking perceptives of biography, intellectual history, and Greek tragedy. Drawing on a wealth of primary and... (more)
Reading Freud: Explorations and Entertainments
Historian and Freud biographer, Peter Gay here offers insights into Freud's life and thought. In eight essays, Gay explores topics ranging from Freud and Shakespeare to Freud's favourite jokes, from... (more)
Michael Balint: Object Relations, Pure and Applied
This work outlines Michael Balint's contributions to psychoanalysis, including the interdependence of mother and infant, the secondary nature of narcissism, the use of transference and... (more)
The Private Self
In "The Private Self", Arnold Modell contributes an interdisciplinary perspective in formulating a theory of the private self. A leading thinker in American psycho-analysis, Modell here studies... (more)
What is Effective in Psychoanalytic Therapy
Compares the psychoanalytic technique of the 1930s with today's more rational concept of therapeutic action based on a developmentally rooted, parent-child model. The author stresses that... (more)
Slings and Arrows
Examines what practitioners can do to help the victims of narcissistic wounds to integrate, mourn and heal them. (more)
In the Image of God: A Psychoanalystis View
A volume of personal reflections from a psychoanalyst and believer in the Christian faith. He describes how his belief affects his work. 128 pages. (more)
Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader
What is object-relations theory and what does it have to do with literary studies? How can Freud's phallocentric theories be applied by feminist critics? The book offers clear and straightforward... (more)
Severe Personality Disorders: Psychotherapeutic Strategies
Aims to provide tools for diagnosing and treating severe cases of personality disorder, including borderline and narcissistic structures. (more)
Character & self-experience: Working with obsessive-compulsive, depressive-masochistic, narcissistic and others
Incorporating various approaches from Freud to Klein to Kohut, this text is a guide to understanding human character in terms of self-organisation. Distinctive anti-social character portraitures and... (more)
From Inner Sources: New Directions in Object-Relations Psychotherapy
Original retail price £35.95. Explores the object-relations world and aims to provide the therapist with a deeper emotional understanding of severe disorders. 313 pages.
Modern Psychoanalysis: New Directions and Perspective
A definitive exploration of the expanding horizons of this still controversial approach to and treatment of human behaviour. Thirty-five contributors explore new approaches to psychonalytic theory... (more)
The Psychoanalytic Movement: Second Edition
Aims to explain the context of Freud's thought, and why psychoanalysis appeared at the time it did.
Centres and Peripheries of Psychoanalysis: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Studies
This book is designed to meet the needs of students who seek,
Thresholds Between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Papers from the Philadelphia Association
This interesting selection of papers illuminates the contribution of the Philadelphia Associations to philisophical criticism of psychoanalytic concepts. (more)
Video Intervention Therapy: Help in Psychotherapy for Relationships
This book offers a comprehensive guide to using video intervention in psychotherapy or mental health coaching. A video is made of a patient interacting with someone else. The patient and the... (more)
The Knowledge of the Psychoanalyst
The Knowledge of the Psychoanalyst documents Raul Moncayo’s practice of analysis over a period of 25 years.
Exploring different aspects of knowledge in the work of Freud and Lacan, Moncayo... (more)
Mind and the Body Politic
First published in 1989, Mind and the Body Politic is a collection of Elisabeth Young-Bruehl’s twelve essays and lectures on political theory, psychoanalysis, feminism, and the theory of biography.... (more)
Understanding Lacan's Objet a
Understanding Lacan’s Objet a proposes that we modify the accepted approach to Lacan's ideas and strive to make Lacanian concepts accessible.
Juan Pablo Lucchelli gradually introduces conceptual... (more)
Going on Being in Challenging Times: Psychoanalytic Reflections
In this volume, we explore what it is to live through trauma while experiencing huge losses that threaten our well-being. The book demonstrates how clinicians can help patients regain meaning and... (more)
Thoughts for the Times on Groups and Masses: A Sigmund Freud Museum Symposium
A timely contribution in this era of authoritarianism, right-wing populist movements, identity formation, and political correctness.
“In groups the most contradictory ideas can exist side by... (more)
Tell Me the Truth About Love: 13 Tales from Couple Therapy
Drawing on over 30 years of therapeutic encounters with people facing hurdles in their love lives, former Chair of the British Psychoanalytic Council Susanna Abse takes us deep inside one of the most... (more)
Decolonization and Psychoanalysis: The Underside of Signification
Decolonization and Psychoanalysis challenges traditional psychoanalytic frameworks by revisiting Lacan’s conceptualization of the materiality of speech through a decolonial lens.
Ahmad Fuad... (more)
Queer Theory, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Sexual Politics: From Norm to Desire
Queer Theory, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Sexual Politics is a consideration of the relationship between LGBTQIA+ politics, Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, and queer theory.
The book argues,... (more)
Black Film Through a Psychodynamic Lens
Black Film Through a Psychodynamic Lens delves into the nuanced character development and narrative themes within the struggles and successes presented in Black films over the last five... (more)