Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints

This book brings together Lacanian psychoanalysis, neuropsychoanalytic work by Mark Solms and Ariane Bazan, Jaak Panksepp's affective neuroscience, Karl Friston's free energy principle, Adrian Johnston's transcendental materialist philosophy, and Darian Leader's critique of jouissance in Lacanian theory.

This book brings together Lacanian psychoanalysis, neuropsychoanalytic work by Mark Solms and Ariane Bazan, Jaak Panksepp's affective neuroscience, Karl Friston's free energy principle, Adrian Johnston's transcendental materialist philosophy, and Darian Leader's critique of jouissance in Lacanian theory.

This fascinating study shows how the minor Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice came to have a more persistent and varied impact on Western culture than any other Greek myth.

First published in 1992, The Inward Gaze looks at men's fantasies and self-images from a wide range of texts (notably boy's superhero comics, modernist literary classics, and a Freudian case-study) to discuss the theories of subjectivity, masculinity, and emotion.

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This book presents selected proceedings of the International Conference on Business Analytics in Practice (ICBAP2024), which was held on January 8-11, 2024, at the University of Sharjah, UAE.

This book presents selected proceedings of the International Conference on Business Analytics in Practice (ICBAP2024), which was held on January 8-11, 2024, at the University of Sharjah, UAE.

Understanding why we act the way we do is key to fostering success.

This book explores how career development experiences during education are relevant for wellbeing in youth career transitions from an interdisciplinary lens, using longitudinal data from different national educational contexts.

In Psychoanalysis with Adolescents and Children: Learning to Surf, Mary T.

Few reputations had undergone so dramatic a reversal as that of the late Sir Cyril Burt.

This book examines how humans can overcome feelings of shame through self acceptance and regain their innate passion and freedom to grow.

La transformation des penchants, sur laquelle repose notre aptitude à la vie civilisée, peut, sous l'influence des événements de la vie, être frappée de régression, passagère ou durable.

In this book, Thomas Svolos tests the claim that a practicing psychoanalyst is afforded a unique perspective on issues of politics, social and cultural affairs, trained, as they are, to look out for that which is not readily transparent to a patient.

The Fraternal Complex in the Middle East extends group and family psychoanalytic concepts to formulate hypotheses on the psychic functioning of nation-states as very large families.

Originally published in 1954, New Dimensions of Deep Analysis was a systematic attempt at integrating facts which were once misrepresented as "e;occult"e; into the framework of modern dynamic psychiatry.

First published in 1941, the original blurb for Letters to Margaret reads: 'In view of the almost universal ignorance of the most elementary biological and psychological facts of life amongst adults, and waste of time and energy amongst children in attempts to acquire surreptitiously the knowledge necessary to them, the author has supplied the need in this book.

First published in 1948, Mental Abnormality: Facts and Theories was written when great changes were taking place in the handling of mental disorders and in the teaching of the subject in medical schools.

Social Justice, Social Discrimination, and Mental Health explores the theory and background of social justice in the context of mental health of individuals, cultures, and communities.

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This is the first comprehensive volume to bridge the gap between the science of behavior and applied behavior analysis (ABA).

London Arts Based Research Centre's 2025 recipient of the Susan Rowland Award for Jungian Arts-Based ResearchFocusing on one of the most significant and critical issues facing the world today, this important book explores multiple aspects of climate change through the use of Jungian symbols and "e;signs"e; of this environmental shift, while diving deep into the politics of loss in reaction to climate chaos, uncertainty, and ambiguity.

This is the first extended study comparing the philosophies of mind promoted by Sigmund Freud and William James, whose opposing views had profound influences on the development of twentieth-century philosophy, cognitive science, and psychology.

Bandura's theory of self-efficacy is one of the most important discoveries in modern psychology that has transformed how we understand human behaviour.

Humanistic Sandtray Therapy: The Definitive Guide to Philosophy, Therapeutic Conditions, and the Real Relationship provides a comprehensive exploration of the underlying theory, necessary skills, and practical applications behind Humanistic Sandtray Therapy (HST) based on a person-centered gestalt model.

This book explores the ethics around everything connected with setting up and running a therapy private practice.

In this book, Thomas Svolos tests the claim that a practicing psychoanalyst is afforded a unique perspective on issues of politics, social and cultural affairs, trained, as they are, to look out for that which is not readily transparent to a patient.

In a rapidly evolving world where technology is increasingly integrated into our daily lives, security has become a top priority for individuals, organizations, and governments.

Seit den ersten Experimenten Franz Anton Mesmers bis zu den innovativen Ansätzen von Milton H.

A Re-mapping of Womanhood and Creativity investigates the diverse ways in which women set out to find a matrilineal line as a wellspring for creative transformation, and, through a lens of analytical psychology, how we read women's literary history and narratives about womanhood.

This book is primarily concerned with the application of psychoanalytic ideas to work in the public sector.

Since Freud's initial papers on transference and countertransference, these vast and inexhaustible subjects have occupied psychoanalysts.

This book comprises a collection of the distinguished psychoanalyst Elisabeth Young-Bruehl 's papers ranging from 'Psychoanalysis and Social Democracy', 'Civilization and its Dream of Contentment', 'Reflections on Women and Psychoanalysis' and 'Psychobiography and Character Study'.

Originally published in 1928, Difficulties in Child Development was written, according to the author, as 'a response to many inquiries concerning a source of practical information relating to the development and upbringing of little children from a modern psychological standpoint.

The Wisdom of Life - Arthur Schopenhauer - In The Wisdom of Life, an essay from Schopenhauer's final work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), the philosopher favors individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation over the tendency to act on irrational impulses.

The last decade has seen the emergence of an increasingly high profile and politically active asexual community, united around a common identity as 'people who do not experience sexual attraction'.