Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints

In this richly nuanced assessment of the various dimensions of mutuality in psychoanalysis, Aron shows that the relational approach to psychoanalysis is a powerful guide to issues of technique and therapeutic strategy.

Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Integration traces the history of efforts to integrate psychoanalysis with other psychotherapeutic modalities, beginning with the early analysts, including Ferenczi and Rank, and continuing on to the present day.

First published in 1998.

This book examines the arguments and evidence for and against conceptual metaphors across academic disciplines.

Rendre compte de ce qui est fécond et sérieux en psychanalyse : voilà le défi qu’ont choisi de relever ici Nicole Delattre et Daniel Widlöcher.

In Anthropology and Psychoanalysis the contributors, both practising anthropologists and psychoanalysts, explore in detail the interface between the two disciplines and locate this within the history of both anthropology and psychoanalysis.

Learning and Memory: Mechanisms of Information Storage in the Nervous System contains the proceedings of the Seventh International Neurobiological Symposium held at Magdeburg on October 28 to November 2, 1985.

Psychosomatische Medizin hat sich in seiner ersten Auflage als Übersicht und Nachschlagewerk für Ärzte, Psychologen, Studenten und Sozialarbeiter bewährt.

In Torments of the Soul, Antonino Ferro revisits and expands on a theme that has long been at the heart of his work: the study of dreams during sleep and in the waking state, and the psychoanalytic narrative.

This volume covers all the central topics of Freud''s work, from sexuality to neurosis to morality, art, and culture.

Why Read Ogden?

This book is a personal account of the enduring value of an appropriate psychotherapeutic intervention, and is set within the author's lifespan to date.

This book is devoted to a topic that is fundamental value for psychoanalytic research; namely a quest for the roots of psychopathological impediments and disorders as well as the related question as to what extent these developmental disturbances can be avoided by adequate early parenting.

Originally published in 1948, the author follows the idea that the instincts are "e;the spring and basis of all animal behaviour (with the exception perhaps of play), and therewith the core of the animal's mind, and that individual experience, gathered by the animal in the course of its life, may influence and reconstruct these instincts, so as to guide, in the form of intelligence and understanding, this behaviour along new (i.

Originally published in 1928 this book was an attempt to acquaint the general public with the fundamentals of Individual Psychology.

This original book gives a timely exploration of the importance of sibling relationships from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

Emotional Presence in Psychoanalysis provides a detailed look at the intricacies of attaining emotional presence in psychoanalytic work.

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Friendship is a superb compilation of chapters that explore the history, major topics, and controversies in philosophical work on friendship.

Everyone knows that driving while under the influence of alcohol is dangerous and unacceptable, and there are methods to identify and apprehend those who break the law.

"e;Published in association with the Journal for Lacanian Studies (JLS), the Ex-tensions series of short books aims to address "e;extant tensions"e; affecting the broad field of Lacanian psychoanalysis, whether they originate within its own boundaries or outside its direct sphere of influence.

This book, first published in the year of the author's death, expresses Mitchell's vision for the theory of relational psychoanalysis, and provides his most-developed expression of its foundations.

The Maternalists is a study of the hitherto unexplored significance of utopian visions of the state as a maternal entity in mid-twentieth century Britain.

First published in 1967, the original blurb reads: This book is intended to give the intelligent lay reader a comprehensive view of the subject of psychotherapy, the treatment of nervous disorders by mental means.

Domestic animals are an integral component of human leisure experience and can enhance the physical, social, and mental wellbeing of humans.

This book brings together the emerging insights of what posthumanism, new materialism and affect theory mean for 'the man question'.

Theory in and out of Context furthers discourse and understanding about the complex phenomenon we know as play.

Originally published in 1974, this volume examines the behavioural similarities of obese humans and animals whose so-called feeding centre (the ventro-medial hypothalamic nuclei) has been lesioned.

This study seeks to demonstrate the subtle ways in which changes in the language associated with economic issues are reflective of a gradual but quantifiable conservative ideological shift.

Sabina Spielrein's writings explore the burning topics in the early days of psychoanalysis while providing insight into the culture of the time and her own personal struggles.

• Zeitgemäß: Baut Brücken zwischen den verschiedenen Schulen• Übersichtlich: Interventionen nach 9 Bereichen geordnet und Schritt für Schritt erklärt• Breite Zielgruppe: Für Psychotherapeuten, Ärztinnen, Berater und CoachesEine Sammlung von therapeutischen Interventionen, die mir den Zugang zu den Patienten erleichtern, am besten nach Wirkbereich sortiert und kurz beschrieben .

Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and the Stories of Our Lives: The Relational Roots of Mental Health offers a new understanding of identity and mental health, shining the light of twenty-first century neurobiology on the core tenets of psychoanalysis.

First published in 1996.

Object relations, which emphasizes the importance of the preoedipal period and the infant-mother relationship, is considered by many analysts to be the major development in psychoanalytic theory since Freud.

First published in 1990.

A striking characteristic of addictive behavior is the pursuit of immediate reward at the risk of longer-term detrimental outcomes.

This book addresses an existing gap in academic arts-based research, whereby, rather than exploring music as an effective therapeutic intervention, it is explored as the central medium or tool of inquiry.

The landscape of psychoanalysis has changed, at times dramatically, in the hundred or so years since Freud first began to think and write about it.

Originally published in 1988, in this personal review of the state of academic psychology, Paul Kline draws attention to the way in which his peers at the time studiously avoided such threatening matters as human feelings and emotions, unconscious 'complexes' - in short anything that could be called the human psyche.

With the rise of 'identity politics' both in right-wing extremism as well as in activist academia, arts and feuilleton, major differences between the traditional left and the right have become blurred.

Impasse and Innovation in Psychoanalysis offers a rare perspective on the technical difficulties and creative responses to them that typify clinical psychoanalysis.

Since Freud's publication of 'Little Hans', advances in psychoanalytic technique and theory have transformed our clinical work with children.

The Hand of Addiction maps out addiction from an innovative and holistic perspective, challenging the pervasive discourses surrounding addiction in many fields.

Freud said that "e;love and work"e; are the central therapeutic goals of psychoanalysis; the twin pillars for a sound mind and for living the "e;good life.

Through a series of in-depth interviews with Tavistock thinkers across three generations, this volume illustrates the practice and application of the systems psychodynamics paradigm to organisational development consultancy, research and training.

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

Might it be possible that neuroscience, in particular interpersonal neurobiology, can illuminate the unique ways that group processes collaborate with and enhance the brain's natural developmental and repairing processes?

What is the root cause of ethical failure?

In recent decades, attachment theory has gained widespread interest and acceptance, although the relevance of attachment theory to clinical practice has never been clear.