Psychoanalytical Theory (Freudian Psychology)

How does the tendency to crave pleasure and reject pain shape our lives? How does it affect the way we perceive reality, and how is it related to t...

This book explores the life and work of a neglected figure in the history of psychoanalysis, Karl Stern, who brought Freudian theory and practice t...

The author visited the archives of the headquarters of A.A. in New York, and discovered new communications between Carl Jung and Bill Wilson. For t...

This book explores the experiences of terror states in the consulting room. It examines how we might more adequately provide support and legitimacy...

Bion's identification of reverie as a psychoanalytic concept has drawn attention to a dimension of the analyst's experience with tremendous potenti...

Much has been written about cognitive development in those who are cognitively impaired. Much is written about attachment for people who don't have...

Women whose mothers were not called upon to achieve in a man's world have a difficult time seeing themselves as powerful enough to do that. Identif...

Though references to it are scattered in the writings of Klein and Winnicott, the topic of greed has drawn meagre attention from contemporary psych...

With statutory CAMHS services often heavily oversubscribed, and school and college services mainly offering brief therapeutic interventions, parent...

Bringing to light new developments in the treatment of marital conflict, this second edition of How to Talk to a Narcissist addresses the ever-chan...

This book explores ways we make contact with the depths in ourselves and each other. We are deeply moved by contact we make with life, yet also puz...

Estela Welldon brings together a generous selection derived from her many literary gems, in which she illustrates her groundbreaking-and sometimes ...

Feminine Law: Freud, Free Speech, and the Voice of Desire explores the conjunction between psychoanalysis and democracy, in particular their shared...

Childbearing seems eternal, primordial and universal. Yet human reproduction in the 21st century is in a state of flux. This accessible book highli...

The Papers of the Freudian School of Melbourne, Volume 24 give testament to that quasi - suicidal risk taken by analysts and members of the school,...

This book is about the psychological experiences of women and men who have used donor conception to create their families. The authors offer divers...

This book widens the scope of clinical and theoretical contributions on Couple and Family Psychoanalysis by collecting case presentations and discu...

Scum is a masterfully written book in which the author, by means of a particularly effective form of fragmentation of language, captures the disjun...

An influential New York salon host and perpetual seeker of meaning, Mabel Dodge entered psychoanalysis in 1916 with A.A. Brill, the first American ...

Just as concerts emerge from the interaction of many instruments, so our understanding of Shakespeare is enriched by different approaches to him. P...

This book explores an ethical value central to all mental health professions. Although dignity appears near the beginning of many codes of ethics, ...

Larger than Life is aimed at anyone interested in obesity and its treatment. It follows a dramatherapy group attended by six women, all struggling ...

This book examines the nature of social exclusion and the aspects of the politics of representation in the social, interpersonal, and political fie...

A practical guide to the essentials of organisational change which makes complex concepts accessible to managers, consultants, human resources prof...