Psychoanalysis Books
No Ordinary Psychoanalyst: The Exceptional Contributions of John Rickman
John Rickman had a deep impact on psychoanalysis, combining a deep knowledge thereof with an avid interest in social psychology, to the benefit of both. He was a fresh thinker, always innovative,... (more)
The Importance of Sibling Relationships in Psychoanalysis
'Coles' book starts from the claim that traditionally psychoanalysis, in stressing the relations of conflict between children and parents, has tended to overlook and displace the co-operative... (more)
Supervisions with Donald Meltzer: The Simsbury Seminars
'We see ourselves as elders, not only in age but in the tradition of a nostalgia for the fora where professionals, craftsmen, workers of all kinds meet to share tools, knowledge, skills, and... (more)
Perversion: Psychoanalytic Perspectives/Perspectives on Psychoanalysis
Perversion - its ubiquity in infantile life and its persistence in the psychical and sexual lives of some adults - was a central element of Freud's lifelong work. The problem of perversion has since... (more)
Psychoanalysis and the Paranormal: Lands of Darkness
'The space of the paranormal can indeed be frightening. But psychoanalysis specializes in entering and tolerating frightening spaces. Why should this one be an exception?'
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Psychic Hooks and Bolts: Psychoanalytic Work with Children Under Five and their Families
'In this book it is made plain that complex and powerful understanding can take place in brief work. The baby's development is carried forward, the family re-groups differently, and understanding... (more)
Lesbian lives: Psychoanalytic narratives old and new
This text focuses on developmental and psychological consequences of identifying as homosexual and having lesbian relationships. It covers: lesbian adolescents; "coming out"; interaction of... (more)
The dream frontier
This work contains topics such as vectors of dream interpretation, homonyms and other word play in dreams, what dreams can tell us about the brain, and how to analyze dreams. (more)
The Vitality of Objects: Exploring the Work of Christopher Bollas
This collection of essays reflects the far-reaching, multi-dimensional influence of Christopher Bollas. Bollas galvanises our understanding of what happens when people encounter the objects - the... (more)
Nazi Psychoanalysis, Volume 2: Crypto-Fetishism
In this second volume, Rickels demonstates the surprising degree to which the Nazi moral system parallels that of psychoanalysis, particularly in thier common projection and protection of... (more)
Learning From Our Mistakes: Beyond Dogma in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
This text examines some of the problems that are inherent to psychoanalysis, particularly in view of the analyst's claim to know the patient's mind better than the patient, which can blind the... (more)
Borderline Welfare: Feeling and Fear of Feeling in Modern Welfare
Which ‘forms of feeling’ are facilitated and which discouraged within the cultures and structures of modern state welfare? This book illuminates the social and psychic dynamics of these new public... (more)
Masculine Scenarios
'Human identity, sexual identity, primary and secondary identification, object choice, narcissism - all of these lie on a continuum with homosexuality, transsexualism, transvestism, heterosexuality... (more)
Studies on Femininity
Studies on Feminity is the second volume in a unique series edited by Alcira Mariam Alizade for the Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis of the International Psychoanalytical... (more)
The Embodied Female
The Embodied Female is the first volume of this series edited by Alcira Mariam Alizade for the Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis of the International Psychoanalytical Association. This book... (more)
The Elusive Child
'Fuelled by agitation and panic about paedophilia, child abuse, violence and neglect on the one side, and by children as violent murderers and killers on the other, there has been an explosion of... (more)
Attachment Theory and the Psychoanalytic Process
Attachment theory, the brainchild of child psychiatrist and psychoanalysis John Bowlby, has begun to have a worldwide impact among clinicians who are taking the attachment theory and research... (more)
Between the Psyche and the Social: Psychoanalytic Social Theory
This is the first collection of its kind to offer original, interdisciplinary essays on questions of social subjectivity. Contributors engage the disciplines of feminism, psychoanalytic theory, queer... (more)
Introduction to the Work of Donald Meltzer
Introduction to the Work of Donald Meltzer is a critical survey of Donald Meltzer's central themes which simultaneously focuses on the most important concepts of his work. This detailed volume should... (more)
Terrorism and War: Unconscious Dynamics of Political Violence
Following the attacks of September 11th 2001, one of the resounding questions asked was "What would make anyone do such a thing?" The psychological mentality of the suicidal terrorist left a gaping... (more)
Therapeutic Care for Refugees: No Place Like Home
This volume addresses the complexities involved in attending to the mental health of refugees. It covers theory and research as well as clinical and field applications, emphasising the... (more)
Love and Hate: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Love and hate seem to be the dominant emotions that make the world go round and are a central theme in psychotherapy. "Love and Hate" explores the origins of love and hate from infancy and how they... (more)
Constructing and Deconstructing Woman's Power
Constructing and Deconstructing Woman’s Power explores power and gender issues from a variety of psychoanalytic, as well as social, cultural and philosophical perspectives. The first three papers... (more)
Psychoanalytic Work with Children and Adults: Meltzer in Barcelona
This volume is a collection of seminars and lectures Donald Meltzer gave to the Psychoanalytic Group of Barcelona under Dr Leon Grinberg, and later Dr Benito Lopez, during his visit to Barcelona. The... (more)
Phobia: A Reassessment
This volume in the seminal Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis Series is a daring reassessment of the psychoanalytic theory of phobia from numerous schools of thought.
This book should illuminate... (more)
Dilemmas in the Consulting Room
Every therapist is faced with dilemmas in the consulting room. While psychoanalysis has concentrated on the issues of theory and technique, there has not been much material available on the actual... (more)
Mirror to Nature: Drama, Psychoanalysis and Society
This book brings the insights of psychoanalysis to bear on drama in the western dramatic tradition. Plays which are discussed in detail include works by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, Wilde, and... (more)
Key Papers on Borderline Disorders: With IJP Internet Discussion Reviews
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis Key Papers Series brings together the most important psychoanalytic papers in the journal's eighty-year history in a series of accessible monographs.... (more)
The Subject of Addiction: Psychoanalysis and The Administration of Enjoyment
Drugs and drug use are an integral part of human culture. Yet we know hardly anything about drugs, at least not the kind of knowledge that would help us to understand how drugs affect people and how... (more)