Psychoanalysis Books
The Dogma of Christ: And Other Essays on Religion, Psychology and Culture
A little known collection which deserves a much wider readership, this reissue of The Dogma of Christ will enhance an already great man's reputation. (more)
A Priest's Affair
This is the story of a Roman Catholic priest in the grip of a new fanaticism - the bigotry that gripped many priests in the wake of the Second Vatican Council - and of his consequential sudden... (more)
Clinical Values: Emotions that Guide Psychoanalytic Treatment
Sandra Buechler looks at therapeutic process issues from the standpoint of the human qualities and human resourcefulness that the therapist brings to each clinical encounter. Her concern is with the... (more)
On Incest: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Incest is a universal taboo that is found throughout the history and mythology of the majority of societies. A neglected subject in more recent psychoanalytic work, this book was inspired by the... (more)
Social Theory Since Freud: Traversing Social Imaginaries
Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism, exploring in detail the social and political factors that have led intellectuals to draw from the... (more)
Goodbye, Mr. Wonderful: Alcoholism, Addiction and Early Recovery
Alcoholism is a lifelong condition from which there is no cure. Chris McCully does not offer warnings or exhortations, but gives witness to the banal, terrifying and commonplace nature of addiction,... (more)
Exploring Transsexualism
In the case of sexuality and gender, can whatever is in the mind be changed, perhaps with help of psychotherapy or otherwise, rather than opt for external surgery? Is psychotherapy treatment... (more)
Deja Vu: Aberrations of Cultural Memory
Tracing the term from the end of the nineteenth century, when it was first popularized in the pages of the Revue philosophique, Peter Krapp examines the genealogy and history of the singular and... (more)
A Meeting of Minds: Mutuality in Psychoanalysis
In this richly nuanced assessment of the various dimensions of mutuality in psychoanalysis, the author shows that the relational approach to psychoanalysis is a powerful guide to issues of technique... (more)
The Designed Self: Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Identities
What can contemporary psychoanalysis bring to the understanding of Generation X, for whom the trivialisation of possible experiences and the pressure to lead spectacular lives often leads to diffues... (more)
Masud Khan: the Myth and the Reality
Few psychoanalysts from the latter half of the twentieth century have been as intellectually prolific, charismatic and ultimately scandalous as Masud Khan. Clinical practice and teaching went... (more)
Commitment and Compassion in Psychoanalysis: Selected Papers of Edward M.Weinshel
Over the course of his distinguished career, Edward Weinshel has been a moral and intellectual force in contemporary psychoanalysis and an outspoken opponent of current trends in and out of the field... (more)
The Texture of Treatment: On the Matter of Psychoanalytic Technique
In simple, jargon-free language, Herbert Schlesinger sets out to demystify technique, to show how it is based on basic principles that are applicable both to psychoanalysis and to the psychotherapies... (more)
Explorations in Self Psychology: Progress in Self Psychology: Vol.19
The contributors to this volume wrestle with two interrelated questions at the nexus of contemporary discussions of technique: how "authentic" and relationally invested should the self... (more)
Working in the Countertransference:
This text presents numerous manifestations of countertransference interactions and explores how they can influence the treatment process, giving evolving guidelines that correlate with case examples... (more)
Analysts in the Trenches: Streets, Schools, War Zones
This volume illustrates what socially engaged analysts can offer to violent and disturbed communities. Contributors bring anaytic expertise to bear on the emotional sequelae to violence, including... (more)
101 Defenses: How the Mind Shields Itself
In this volume, Jerome S. Blackman catalogues 101 defences with descriptions practical for use in the everyday assessment and treatment of psychopathology. He explains how to detect and interpret a... (more)
Patterns: Building Blocks of Experience
Various tributaries of psychoanalytic and developmental theory have flowed into our understanding of the role of early sensory and affective experiences in the construction of our personal worlds.... (more)
Seduction, Surrender and Transformation: Emotional Engagement in the Analytic Process
This volume aims to demonstrate how interpersonal psychoanalysis obliges analysts to engage their patients with genuine emotional responsiveness, so that not only the patient but analyst too is open... (more)
Sexuality, Intimacy, Power
An attempt to revive Freud's root interest in "sexual impulses" in the ordinary sense of the term. Drawing on feminism, postmodernism and contemporary relational theory, Muriel Dimen takes a... (more)
The Electrified Tightrope
A collection of exceptional papers by Michael Eigen, selected and assembled by Adam Phillips, that represent 20 years of writing and 30 years of work. The papers examine the tension, caused by the... (more)
EMDR and the Energy Therapies: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), along with methods from the new field of energy psychology, such as the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), enable the rapid processing and... (more)
Touch: Attachment and the Body
Drawn from the Bowlby Memorial Lecture, founded in commemoration of the influential Dr John Bowlby, this volume explores issues of the body and the historically taboo subject of touch in... (more)
Nameless: Understanding Learning Disability
Attempts to understand learning disabilities in terms of psychoanalysis and socio-psychology, but without distinguishing between a primary organic handicap and a secondary psychological one. The... (more)
Who Owns Psychoanalysis?
So who does own psychoanalysis? Equally pertinent, what is psychoanalysis? Even before the death of Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysis was splintering into different groups, each convinced of their... (more)
The Mind of the Paedophile: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
The Mind of the Paedophile discusses one of the most controversial and misunderstood subjects in the psychoanalytic arena today - paedophilia. A variety of treatments and therapies, including brain... (more)
Power of Understanding: Essays in Honour of Veikko Tahka
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)