Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology

This book describes the ways in which space can be created to strengthen the capacity to withstand suffering, as well as the application of systemic and narrative psychology to develop interventions at an individual, team, group, and organisational level.

This brief treatise explores the common threads to psychoanalytic thought and theological theory.

This book brings together psychoanalysis, clinical and theoretical, with history in a study of remembering as reparation: not compensation, but recognition of the actuality of perpetration and the remorseful urge to rejuvenate whatever represents this damage.

Leadership, Psychoanalysis, and Society describes leadership as a relationship between leaders and followers in a particular context and challenges theories of leadership now being taught.

Applying Psychoanalysis in Medical Care describes the many ways that analysts interact with the medical world and make meaningful contributions to the care of a variety of patients.

Desire, Pain and Thought presents a new perspective on primal erotogenic masochism, which Marilia Aisenstein regards as the core of psychoanalytic theory.

The theory of transference and the centrality of its interpretation are hallmarks of psychoanalysis.

This book centres on the problem of psychosis, understood from a psychoanalytic perspective, as it manifests itself in different contexts and different levels of organisation: from the individual psychoanalytic session, through work with couples, groups and institutions and wider levels of social organisation.

Termination of psychoanalysis or psychotherapy is centrally important both to the process of treatment and to the patient's experience of treatment.

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 the complex social and emotional issues arising in their communities - to function, that is, as "e;community psychoanalysts.

In diesem Buch schildert der erfahrene Psychotherapeut Christopher Bollas seine Begegnungen mit schizophrenen Patienten.

The Squiggle Foundation's aims are to study and disseminate the work of Winnicott, with a particular emphasis on application.

Philosophical 'thought experiments' invoking inverted spectra, zombies, et cetera suggest that conscious sensations have no function, and psychological studies finding no correlation between vivid visual imaging and visual problem solving suggest that conscious images have no function.

These lectures have been edited to suit them to the printed, rather than the spoken word.

Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and Adolescent Development: Non-Linear Perspectives on the Regulation of the Self explores how psychoanalysis can combine its theoretical perspectives with more recent discoveries about neurological and non-linear developmental processes that unfold during the period of puberty to young adulthood, to help inform understanding of contemporary adolescent behaviours and mental health issues.

In the Image of God is a compilation of lectures by Stanley Leavy, a psychoanalyst approaching retirement, reflecting on his experience as a follower of Freud and his method and also as a lifelong, faithful Episcopalian.

Western philosophical orthodoxy places many aspects of other people's lives outside the scope of our knowledge.

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, protected by godlike benevolent parents who will enable us to live happily ever after.

More recent developments in neuroscience have intensified the interdisciplinary dialogue between psychoanalyses and neuroscience and have opened a new door to the world of science for the psychoanalysis.

In contemporary psychoanalytic thought, Freud's concept of the Oedipus complex is inclined to overshadow the interpretation of the myths surrounding Oedipus.

The author's book combines a historical approach to the literature of Freud, Klein and the Post Kleinian development, with demonstrations of the central role of dream analysis.

This book provides inspiration for using mentalization when working with vulnerable children, adolescents, and their families.

Bringing to light new developments in the treatment of marital conflict, this second edition of How to Talk to a Narcissist addresses the ever-changing faces and phases of narcissism within the context of marital therapy.

Mis/takes departs from the bulk of screen discourse by applying Jungian and Post-Jungian ideas on unconscious processes to popular film and television.

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 psychosis.

For Freud, famously, the feminine was a dark continent, or a riddle without an answer.

This short book grapples with two vast questions: the nature of our minds, and our place in the wider universe.

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A Psychotherapist Paints is a unique account of an internationally known psychotherapist and group analyst's struggle to bring together his psychological experience and his interests and talent as an artist.

Research indicates about 35 of every 100 people develop a fear of flying at some point in their life.

The authors of this volume take as their starting point "e;striking moments"e; in their practice with older people, their families and other practitioners.

Much has been written about the function of falling in love in the course of therapy itself.

This book of expert essays explores the concept of the whole as it operates within the psychology of Jung, the philosophy of Deleuze, and selected areas of wider twentieth-century Western culture, which provided the context within which these two seminal thinkers worked.

Countertransference is an important part of the analytical process.

The Zofingia Club was a discussion group to which C.

How are ideas of genetics, 'blood', the family, and relatedness created and consumed?

Sigmund Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis explores links between Freud's development of his thinking and theory and his personal emotional journey.

Empathic Attunement captures the essence of Kohut's contributions to self psychology and the mental health field.

Murray Stein is well-known as an insightful and pioneering author and academic.

This is an accessible, lucid and stimulating account of the hidden psychology of politics and the hidden politics of the psyche.

Nakazawa connects Buddhist philosophy with modern sciences such as psychology, quantum theory, and mathematics, as well as linguistics and the arts to present a perspective on understanding the mind in a world built on interconnection and networks of relations.

Never before has research on newborn behavior and parent-infant interaction been fully integrated with psychoanalytic insight into parents' emotions and fantasies.

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

In The Violence of Emotions the author marries an ability to introduce the reader to the intimate climate of an analytic session with a passionate rereading of Bion.

This book looks at the phenomenon of self-directed disgust and examines the role of self-disgust in relation to psychological experiences and potential ensuing psychopathology and to physical functioning such as disability, chronic physical health, and sexual dysfunction.

Melanie Klein was a Viennese psychoanalyst who extended the work of Sigmund Freud in significant and innovative ways.

Endlich liegen die Beiträge der bedeutenden Psychoanalytikerin Paula Heimann aus den Jahren 1942 – 1980 gesammelt in deutscher Sprache vor.

In writing and lecturing over the past two decades on the relationship between psychoanalysis and art, Danielle Knafo has demonstrated the many ways in which these two disciplines inform and illuminate each other.

This book provides a psychoanalytic reading of works of literature, enhancing the illuminating effect of both fields.

Essays by an international team of Jungian analysts form a critical introduction to Jung and analytical psychology.