Psychological Theory & Schools of Thought

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...

Validity is a clear, substantive introduction to the two most fundamental aspects of defensible testing practice: understanding test score meaning ...

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...

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) remains one of the most effective forms of neurostimulation for severe mental illness. Sound scientific research un...

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...

Introduction to the Work of Donald Meltzer is a critical survey of Donald Meltzer's central themes which simultaneously focuses on the most importa...

Recent societal changes have challenged long-established concepts in psychoanalysis, including the Oedipus complex, parental functions, and male an...

Many analysts around the world have found themselves in a situation of continuing (or even beginning) psychoanalytic treatment from a distance - ei...

In this book, Hackett introduces the traditional usage of the mapping sentence within quantitative research, reviews its philosophical underpinning...

The adolescent finds himself in the very difficult position of having to make all these readjustments whilst he has to deal with the subsequent con...

This book presents a simple, effective and illuminating way of understanding and working with dreams in clinical practice. It describes the mechani...

This book is organized around the clusters of details about how behavior is controlled by its environmental antecedents and about how behavior can ...

During the rise of fascism and anti-Semitism in Germany, Albert Einstein wrote to Sigmund Freud asking the fundamental question: What can be done t...

Philosophers across many traditions have long theorized about the relationship between prudence and morality. Few clear answers have emerged, howev...

The concept of nudging has hit news headlines in recent years following the implementation of nudge policies in many parts of the world, the establ...

Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infant development. This book takes the rea...

What is integrative psychotherapy? How effective is the integrative approach to therapy? And what are its limitations? Answering these and other si...

This book examines the tension, caused by the conflict between poise and catastrophe, in the therapeutic relationship. It emphasizes positive contr...

In 1947, the author founded the Library of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Psychology at Presses Universitaires de France, and forty-two volumes have a...

This book examines some of the oldest preserved texts on dreams, such as Artemidorus' Oneirocritica, Sigmund Freud's favourite ancient dream theori...

This book offers a challenging reading of the legacy of C.G. Jung, who offered fascinating insights into the psyche. It is intended for clinicians ...