Psychoanalytical Theory (Freudian Psychology)

The author uses her popular columns from The Independent to explore the therapeutic process. Successful analysis, she argues, is less about followi...

A collection of papers on the Oedipus complex, divided into three parts: theory, practice and supervision. The contributors, who include Joyce McDo...

Burck and Daniel share the personal meaning that gender holds for them, and the open and enquiring, rather than definitive, style of their writing ...

This book provides an excellent introduction to the broad field of applied psychoanalysis and deals appropriately with clinical psychoanalytic conc...

This book questions the junctions of the private and the public when it comes to trauma, loss, and the work of mourning - notions which, it is argu...

This is Frances Tustin's first book and the original statement of her views on autistic states of mind and the genesis of varieties of childhood ps...

Dying and creating or, could we put it the other way round, creating and dying? Rosemary Gordon has chosen the first, the challenging title and the...

Bringing together the experiences of mistrust, jealousy, lack of love, shamelessness, regret, and despair, this far-reaching book elucidates human ...

Therapeutic practice needs constant examination to ensure that it remains responsive and dynamic. Living organisms must communicate with their envi...

A systematic effort to rethink Freud's theory of the unconscious, aiming to separate out the different forms of unconsciousness. The logico-mathema...

While much writing has been devoted, predominantly by contemporary Kleinian adult psychoanalysts, to the Kleinian and post Kleinian development of ...

The book begins by describing, within a psychodynamic approach, some traits an infant may bring to an intervention, followed by descriptions of int...

Is psychoanalysis a Jewish science? Ten essays contributed by the editor and distinguished scholars explore the Jewishness of psychoanalysis, its o...

Hope is the most reliable sustainer of life. It offers the promise of something good in the future, contributes to resilience, and keeps one going....

Two central ideas have become part of the orthodoxy of modern family therapy thinking. The first is that the therapist is part of the system he or ...

Aside from the many political, cultural and economic aspects of the present refugee crisis in Europe, it is also crucial to consider the psychologi...

This set of papers, from members of the British Association of Psychotherapists, demonstrates the vitality of the 'Kleinian tradition' in work with...

The author, with over twenty years of experience of working with children, writes refreshingly about the practical aspects of his work. He takes tr...

This final volume includes Confusion of Tongues Between Children and Adults in which Ferenczi formulates his controversal ideas on childhood sexual...

Given the enormous struggles, efforts and money expended on the equalities enterprise, why has more progress not been made? And further, why have t...

This book deals with problems related to the analysis and treatment of borderline and psychosomatic patients. It demonstrates how psychoanalytic pr...

Drawing on a series of in-depth interviews illuminating the phenomenology of shame in the general public, Miller systematically explores the variou...

In this expanded edition of a classic text, Anton Kris reexamines the method of free association, one of the foundational components of psychoanaly...

This new title, from a distinguished psychoanalyst, will inspire both those in the psychoanalytic field, and the general reader.'In this book the a...