Psychoanalysis Books
The Analyst's Experience of the Depressive Position: The Melancholic Errand of Psychoanalysis
In The Analyst's Experience of the Depressive Position: The Melancholic Errand of Psychoanalysis, Steven Cooper explores a subject matter previously applied more exclusively to patients, but rarely... (more)
Humanizing Evil: Psychoanalytic, Philosophical and Clinical Perspectices
Psychoanalysis has traditionally had difficulty in accounting for the existence of evil. Freud saw it as a direct expression of unconscious forces, whereas more recent theorists have examined the... (more)
Entering Night Country: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Loss and Resilience
None of us will escape the experience of personal loss, illness, aging, or mortality. Yet, psychoanalysis seems to shy away from a discussion of these core human experiences. Existential... (more)
Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism
Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism provides rich new insights into the history of political thought and clinical knowledge. In these chapters, internationally renowned historians and... (more)
The Seed of Madness: Constitution, Environment, and Fantasy in the Organization of the Psychotic Core
More and more individuals with ego defects, severe object relations conflicts, affective turbulence, and unassimilated contradictions are seeking help from psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.... (more)
Clinical Dialogues on Psychoanalysis with Families and Couples
This book widens the scope of clinical and theoretical contributions on Couple and Family Psychoanalysis by collecting case presentations and discussions by analysts from Europe, North America, Latin... (more)
Researching the Unconscious: Principles of Psychoanalytic Method
Researching the Unconscious provides an exposition of key issues in the philosophy and methods of the social sciences which are relevant to psychoanalysis as both a clinical practice and a human... (more)
Doing Things Differently: The Influence of Donald Meltzer on Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice
Doing Things Differently celebrates the work of Donald Meltzer, who was such a lively force in the training of child psychotherapists at the Tavistock Clinic for many years. The book represents the... (more)
The Non-Linear Mind: Psychoanalysis of Complexity in Psychic Life
This book is concerned with whether we can develop our understanding of the mind through the application of new approaches to the study of complex systems. It is divided into two sections. The first... (more)
Hysteria: Graphic Freud
Hysteria is a graphic novel account of the first steps, errors and frustrations of Sigmund Freud's career, which would lead to the foundation of a revolutionary new clinical therapy: psychoanalysis.... (more)
Sports on the Couch
Bringing together concepts from psychoanalysis with an attentive eye and A. Rubinstein popular wisdom, Sports on the Couch explores the psychology of athletes and those around them. As a product of... (more)
Psychoanalysis, Identity, and the Internet: Explorations into Cyberspace
Every day we seek information from the internet, buy something, play videogames, chat, work, and so on. But what exactly is the nature of the space we surf in and through? Is it virtual or real?... (more)
Psychoanalytic Thinking in Occupational Therapy
This book is the first to use psychoanalysis as a basis for exploring how occupational therapists do their work, and it incorporates a new conceptual model to guide practice. The authors emphasize... (more)
Sexual Difference in Debate: Bodies, Desires, and Fictions
Now well into the twenty-first century, relevant changes in symbolic codes that organize social bonds are observed. Important modifications regarding the model of the nuclear family in Western... (more)
Specialty Competencies in Psychoanalysis in Psychology
In its evolution, psychoanalysis has become a broad spectrum of theories making use of an approach that can be considered psychoanalytic in that it is based on the existence and importance of... (more)
The Practice of Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy: Claiming the Baby: Second Edition
The Practice of Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy is a comprehensive handbook, addressing the provision of therapeutic help for babies and their parents when their attachment relationship is... (more)
Psychoanalytic Treatment in Adults: A Longitudinal Study of Change
The outcomes of psychoanalysis, as with other psychotherapies, vary considerably. This book examines the results of a longitudinal study of change during psychoanalysis, illuminating the... (more)
The Cornerstones of Psychoanalysis: Volume 2: Sigmund Freud and Sandor Ferenczi
This volume considers Freud's psychoanalytic work alongside social and medical practices in the late 19th century, exploring the role of women and femininity in relation to Freud's self-analysis.... (more)
The Enigma of Desire: Sex, Longing, and Belonging in Psychoanalysis
The Enigma of Desire: Sex, Longing and Belonging in Psychoanalysis, introduces new perspectives on desire and longing, in and outside of the analytic relationship. This exciting volume explores the... (more)
Nourishing the Inner Life of Clinicians and Humanitarians: The Ethical Turn in Psychoanalysis
Nourishing the Inner Life of Clinicians and Humanitarians: The Ethical Turn in Psychoanalysis, demonstrates the demanding, clinical and humanitarian work that psychotherapists often undertake with... (more)
Kohut's Twinship Across Cultures: The Psychology of Being Human
Kohut's Twinship Across Cultures: The Psychology of Being Human chronicles a 10-year-voyage in which the authors struggled, initially independently, to make sense of Kohut's intentions when he... (more)
Conservative and Radical Perspectives on Psychoanalytic Knowledge: The Fascinated and the Disenchanted
Psychoanalysis flourishes in the development of its theories and has become an enriched and multifaceted discipline, now enjoying a particularly exciting period of intellectual and clinical... (more)
Oedipus and the Oedipus Complex: A Revision
In contemporary psychoanalytic thought, Freud’s concept of the Oedipus complex is inclined to overshadow the interpretation of the myths surrounding Oedipus. The authors counter this situation by... (more)
The Creative Mystique: From Red Shoes Frenzy to Love and Creativity
Through the life stories of women such as Camille Claudel, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Anne Sexton, and Susan Farrell, and clinical case studies, Susan Kavaler-Adler offers penetrating... (more)
What is this Professor Freud Like?: A Diary of an Analysis with Historical Comments
In 1921, a young female doctor started analysis with Sigmund Freud. In a diary, she recorded what moved her. The present volume not only contains a full translation of these records, but also... (more)
Psychoanalytic Theory: Perspectives, Techniques and Social Implications
From the inception of psychoanalysis as an exploration of unconscious motivations and the power of fantasy life, the field has adopted a Cartesian worldview. From this perspective, the focus of... (more)
Further Researching Beneath the Surface: Psycho-Social Research Methods in Practice - Volume 2
Contributions in this volume cover ways of knowing, the dynamics of research encounters, new methods of psycho-social inquiry, and the first-hand experience of being a researcher. Since the first... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Architecture: The Inside and the Outside
This book explores how psychoanalysis and architecture can enhance and increase the chances of mental 'containment', while also fostering exchange between inside and outside.
The way in which... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China (2023 Institutional Print Subscription)
This peer-reviewed journal proposes to explore the introduction of psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic therapy, and the wider application of psychoanalytic ideas into China. It aims to have articles... (more)
From Psycho-Analysis to Culture-Analysis: A Within-Culture Psychotherapy
From Psycho-Analysis to Culture-Analysis confronts the barriers that face the cross-cultural application of western psychotherapy. It puts forward an argument for applying culture analysis, in which... (more)