Psychological Theory & Schools of Thought

This book explores the similarities and differences between the practice of psychotherapy and spiritual direction and suggests that, whilst there m...

The main values and principles of Transactional Analysis, in its original psychodynamic matrix, become a concrete experience in this book thanks to...

The art of living the good life requires skilful attunement to the lovely presences in everyday life. Lodged in a psychoanalytic sensibility, and d...

Seminal and representative papers have been chosen to illustrate the vital importance of infant observation in psychoanalytic training, tracing inf...

This book provides a unique and highly topical application of psychoanalytic theory to the broad context of education, including schools, universit...

Introduction to Psychological Science provides students with an accessible, comprehensive, and engaging overview of the field of scientific psychol...

Windy Drydens pluralistic approach to coaching informs this uniquely straightforward guide to the coaching alliance. Drawing on examples from Dryde...

At a time when the place and significance of myth in society has come under renewed scrutiny, Myth, Literature, and the Unconscious contributes to ...

This book brings together a selection of classic psychoanalytical papers related to ageing, dying and death that have appeared in the renowned Inte...

This book lays the foundation for the qualitative investigation into facilitated communication (FC). It addresses the contextual world of FC, and e...

The new diagnosis of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder presents diagnostic and treatment challenges that need to be grappled with, since, in a...

These newly discovered clinical seminars of Wilfred Bion, which include supervisions, personal case presentations, and lectures on psychoanalytic t...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has the potential to raise global income levels and improve the quality of life for populations around the world. ...

This monograph brings together the presentations from the nineteenth John Bowlby Memorial Conference in 2012, organised by The Bowlby Centre. It ex...

This book views the role of narcissism in analytic theory beginning with the writings of Freud and examines the conceptual changes that occurred wi...

Our sense of identity begins (our psychological birth sometime in the first year of life) with the feeling that we are the centre of the universe, ...

This is a scholarly study in which the author explores a difficult subject matter that has been a tabooed topic in psychoanalysis. She undertakes a...

This essential edition brings together a collection of classic papers from key figures in Kleinian and post-Kleinian thought that explore the relat...

Faced by the increasing divisiveness and volatility of electoral politics, and the rise of illiberal fundamentalisms, the social sciences may seem ...

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 ...

This book provides a clear, comprehensive, and sequential account of Bion's thinking, his life experience and technical innovations, saturated with...

This book represents a major effort to integrate contemporary theories and findings regarding the psychological effects of severe trauma. It explor...

In this book, the author discusses on eternal debate between those who see asexual attachment as the earliest bond and those who see infantile sexu...

This book offers a wealth of original contributions, all promising steps towards a fuller understanding of the phenomenon of concreteness and towar...

This book focuses on the professional ethics of medicine and psychiatry, to know whether psychoanalysis differs from brainwashing. It addresses a d...

This is a book about the growth and development of a multicultural therapist/analyst, looking at how a history of immigration and exposure to analy...

This book is an exploration of contemporary understanding from philosophy, neuroscience, psychoanalysis, and metaphysical studies, which seem to ve...

This book is concerned with the primitive edge of human experience. It explores the idea that human experience is the product of the dialectical in...

Using a popular case history format, this book presents a scientific history of neurotrauma. It covers a range of well-known cases, including Roald...

This unique volume addresses the inadequacies of basic statistical methods that standard textbooks tend to ignore. The author introduces new proced...

A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Trauma presents a theory of the nature of trauma and post-traumatic mental functioning based on the concept of th...

Most military researchers who have attempted to measure organizational commitment have done so on an ad hoc basis, preferring to invent new items a...

Through an exploration of extensive case studies, this book demonstrates how the discovery and examination of original childhood attachment wounds ...

For this volume, the author has brought together a group of distinguished writers to explore a wide range of issues affecting sibling relationships...

The horrific events of 9/11 and its sequelae have reinforced what thoughtful analysts have long known: that they have a responsibilty to respond to...

This book is a psychoanalytic discussion of the effects of trauma and torture on children, with a specific focus on how professionals can use an ap...