Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints

This book brings together narrative approaches and brain injury rehabilitation, in a manner that fosters an understanding of the natural fit between the two.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has emerged as the standard first-line treatment for insomnia.

The Purloined Self: Interpersonal Perspectives in Psychoanalysis brings together nineteen essays in updated form, still as relevant, witty and informative today as when the book originally published.

In this set of insightful essays, the concept of the psychological humanities is defined and explored.

Psychoanalysis is often referred to a talking cure, but in this fascinating book it is the art of writing that is discussed and explored.

Although the work of Piaget dealt with the intellectual development of children, and that of Goldman with a child's religious thought, there had hitherto been no comparable book on child morality to complete the developmental picture of the time.

In recent years, systemic theory and practice adopted a dialogical orientation, centred on the persons of the therapist and client.

We trust our sciences to operate on a plane of objectivity and fact in a world of subjectivity and cultural ideologies, but should we?

The community in which children are nursed; the family, should by all means be a safe haven.

This book offers a unique perspective on Emotional Intelligence (EI) research in Eastern Europe, analyzing current trends in the research and application of EI in a region with a distinct socio-political history.

This book is a reminiscence of the first twenty-one years of the Wilfred R.

This book focuses on two themes: the first theme is the true self and the resonance of Winnicott's thinking with the contributions of other major psychoanalysts of the past half century; the second theme emerges from the first: the pursuit of authenticity, whether by patient or analyst.

Die heutige Informationsflut macht es uns schwerer und schwerer, wirklich Wichtiges von Unwichtigem zu unterscheiden, Fakten zu erkennen und Bullshit zu entlarven.

Welche Rolle spielen Konzepte für die psychotherapeutische Praxis?

Kohut's Twinship Across Cultures: The Psychology of Being Human chronicles a 10-year-voyage in which the authors struggled, initially independently, to make sense of Kohut's intentions when he radically re-defined the twinship experience to one of "e;being human among other human beings"e;.

In this volume a number of British psychoanalysts introduce us to psychoanlaytic definitions of intra-psychic and subjective meaning in patients suffering psychotic conditions.

Wish-fulfilment as a singular means of satisfying ineluctable desire is a pivotal concept in classical psychoanalysis.

Neben den bekannten Essstörungen ist die Körperdysmorphe Störung (KDS) eine weitere pathologische Form der Auseinandersetzung mit dem eigenen Körper.

Este clásico de la teoría crítica poscolonial analiza la conocida como "segunda colonización" y las resistencias frente a ella.

This book utilizes a wealth of case studies to demonstrate the importance of using depth sport psychology to explore and understand athletes' unconscious feelings and fears, and provides the knowledge needed to help athletes deal with pressures faced throughout their sporting career.

This edited volume provides an answer to a rising public health concern: what drives the over prescription of psychiatric medication epidemic?

A pioneering ethnography of psychoanalysis, Illusions of a Future explores the political economy of private therapeutic labor within industrialized medicine.

Gesammelte Werke in Einzelbänden, Band VIITatbestandsdiagnostik und PsychoanalyseZur sexuellen Aufklärung der KinderZwangshandlungen und ReligionsübungenDie ›kulturelle‹ Sexualmoral und die moderne NervositätÜber infantile SexualtheorienCharakter und AnalerotikDer Dichter und das PhantasierenAllgemeines über den hysterischen AnfallAnalyse und Phobie eines fünfjährigen KnabenBemerkungen über einen Fall von Zwangsneurose

This bibliography in two volumes, originally published in 1988, lists and describes works by and about Jacques Lacan published in French, English, and seven other languages including Japanese and Russian.

First published in 1995.

Living in the Borderland addresses the evolution of Western consciousness and describes the emergence of the 'Borderland,' a spectrum of reality that is beyond the rational yet is palpable to an increasing number of individuals.

Human nature is political, and this volume explains why and how.

This book sheds a new light on Freud who, from the beginning, was aware that the edifice he was constructing - psychoanalysis - which revealed in each individual an "e;ego not master in its own house"e; -, had clear implications for understanding collective human behaviour.

Unfolding the Unconscious Psyche is a study of the creative arts and depth psychology, and the threads that run between the two.

In this wide-ranging collection, there can be found studies that are representative of the tendencies in research during the last few years.

Donald Winnicott, psychoanalyst and pediatrician, is viewed by many in the psychodynamic field as the "e;other genius"e; in the history of psychodynamic theory and practice, along with Freud.

We all have times when we lack confidence but some of us criticize ourselves constantly.

At once autobiographical and psychoanalytic, The Hands of the Living God, first published in 1969, provides a detailed case study of Susan who, during a 20-year long treatment, spontaneously discovers the capacity to do doodle drawings.

An illuminating and original collection of essays on 20th century Russian psychology, offering unparalleled coverage of the scholarship of Vygotsky and his peers.

A fascinating introductory volume, Existential Psychoanalysis: A Contemporary Introduction integrates existential philosophy with psychoanalysis, drawing on key theorists from both areas and expertly guiding the reader on how to incorporate these two disciplines, which may appear disparate on the surface, into their clinical and theoretical work.

From August 29 to September 21, 1909, Sigmund Freud visited the United States, where he gave five lectures at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Wilfred Bion once said, "e;I use the Kabbalah as a framework for psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalytic Concepts and Technique in Development offers a clear and thorough overview of contemporary psychoanalytic theory and clinical technique, from a largely post-Freudian, French perspective, but also informed by the work of Klein, Bion and Winnicott.

This book honors the work of Ruut Veenhoven, who has been a pioneer and leader in the field of happiness studies for the past 50 years.

Counselling and psychotherapy are effective to the extent that they promote the creativity of clients and patients.

This book captures the flavor and spirit of the highly trained and experienced practitioner as he goes about the task of organizing and conducting a group.

Leaders, teams and organisational consultants are faced with a situation of permanent transitions.

A signpost of the relational turn in contemporary psychoanalysis, Karen Maroda's The Power of Countertransference, published in 1991, is perhaps the first systematic effort to integrate the need for mutual emotional exchanges, which may include the analyst's own self-disclosures, into an interactive model of psychoanalytic practice.

This book is a collection of the works of Dr.

Love and Sexuality in Social Theory considers the role that love and sexuality play in private and public life.

Following the work of prominent object relations theorists, such as Fairbairn, Suttie and Winnicott, Gal Gerson explores the correlation between analytical theory and intellectual environment in two ways.

This book presents an intriguing and novel Freudian overview of all Daniel Defoe's major works by confronting various psychoanalytic hypotheses regarding Defoe.