Psychoanalysis Books
Subject to Ourselves: Social Theory, Psychoanalysis and Postmodernity
Examines current debates about modernity and postmodernity from the viewpoint of psychoanalytic theory. The story develops an account of postmodernity which supplants current understandings of... (more)
From Obstacle to Ally: The Evolution of Psychoanalytic Practice
From Obstacle to Ally explores the evolution of the theory and practice of psychoanalysis through an investigation of historical examples of clinical practice. Beginning with Freud's experience of... (more)
Civilization and Its Discontents
In what remains one of his most seminal papers, Freud considers the incompatibility of civilisation and individual happiness, and the tensions between the claims of society and the individual. We all... (more)
James Joyce and the Problem of Psychoanalysis:
From its very beginning, psychoanalysis sought to incorporate the aesthetic into its domain. Depite Joyce's deliberate attempt to resist this powerful hermeneutic, his work has been confronted by a... (more)
After-Education: Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, and Psychoanalytic Histories of Learning
In After-Education Deborah P. Britzman raises the startling question, What is education that it should give us such trouble? She explores a series of historic and contemporary psychoanalytic... (more)
Suffering Insanity: Psychoanalytic Essays on Psychosis
This book explores the effects of the psychotic patient's suffering on carers and the culture of psychiatric services, and makes a powerful argument for considering care in the psychiatric services... (more)
Melanie Klein
In this second edition, Julia Segal uses case studies of Klein's sessions with children to show how she developed her unique form of communication with her clients. As well as assessing Klein's major... (more)
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)
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)