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Psychoanalytic Theory, Therapy, And The Self

1 review
Harry Guntrip

Basic Books, 1973

Classic introduction to object relations psychoanalysis
This is a classic introduction to the movement known as object relations theory in psychoanalysis, as it developed in Britian after the second world war. With the growing interest in the works of Ronald Fairbairn, Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, and others, this book stands not only as an excellent introduction by someone who knew the people involved - and was analysed by both Fairbairn and ...

The Psychoanalytic Theories of Development: An Integration

4 reviews
Phyllis Tyson, Dr. Robert L. Tyson M.D.

Yale University Press, 1993

Wonderful Reading
Psychoanalytic Theoris of Development delved in remarkably to the core of psychology today. Mrs. Phyllis Tyson gives examined, thoughtful theories on how humans react to different pressures in our everyday society. It's a wonderfully enlightining book!

Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process

20 reviews
Nancy McWilliams PhD

The Guilford Press, 1994

excellent!
This is a great book for a beginning clinician or those unfamiliar with psychodynamics. It is clear and concise, she explains each idea clearly, while providing a basic history and different points of view on it. It is structured beautifully, very very accessible. I like the summaries and reading suggestions she provides. In all, one will get an excellent idea into diagnosis, regardless of their ...

Psychoanalytic Theories: Perspective from Developmental Psychopathology (Whurr Series in Psychoanalysis)
Peter Fonagy, Mary Target

Routledge, 2003

Psychoanalytic theory influenced many facets of 20th century culture, and shows every sign of continuing to have an impact in the 21st. However, in order to sustain this influence it has to adapt to the challenges of out current intellectual environment. This book attempts to build a bridge between psychoanalysis and a dominant perspective in modern psychiatry and psychology: developmental psychopathology. This perspective studies biological, ...

Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought

19 reviews
Stephen A. Mitchell, Margaret J. Black

Basic Books, 1996

Nice to read AND to reference
I struggle (always!) to remember historical and biographical details about major figures in society. So much of psychoanalytic theory derives from just these influences, however. This book provides a wonderful way for me to sort out Klein, Stolorow, Ogden, etc. Best of all, when it sits on my bookshelf --buy a copy-- I can remind myself about what these main theorists contributed in the way of ...

Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality
W. R. D. Fairbairn

Routledge, 1994

First published in 1952, W. R. D. Fairbairn's Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality re-orientated psychoanalysis by centering human development on the infant's innate need for relationships, describing the process of splitting and the internal dynamic relationship between ego and object. His elegant theory is still a vital framework of psychoanalytic theory and practice, infant research, group relations and family therapy. This classic ...

Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory

3 reviews
Jay R. Greenberg, Stephen A. Mitchell

Harvard University Press, 1983

Essential reading
This book is cited in virtually every book written on object relations theory since its publication. It gives a thorough background to the theories of all of the major contributors to object relations theory. It is brilliantly written and understandable with a basic knowledge of psychoanalytic jargon. An essential work.

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide

7 reviews
Nancy McWilliams PhD

The Guilford Press, 2004

Excellent as a student guide too
McWilliams provides excellent information for students and early career psychotherapists without the cumbersome jargon that all too often comes with other psychoanalytic texts.

Psychoanalytic Case Formulation

8 reviews
Nancy McWilliams

The Guilford Press, 1999

Fantastic for (psychodynamic?) therapists
Few books on *psychoanalytic* therapy offer such an excellent combination of theory and *application*. Want to know what to do in therapy once you recognize your patient's defenses, patterns, level of self-esteem, issues with affect, etc? Get this book. You do not know basic psychoanalytic tenets? The theory is there as well. Some people think this book is only for beginners. I disagree. It seems ...

Psychoanalytic Versions of the Human Condition: Philosophies of Life and Their Impact on Practice
Alan Rosenberg

NYU Press, 1998

What is psychoanalysis? Whereas there was once a time when proponents of "mainstream psychoanalysis" could point to the preeminence of Freud's drive theory and the version of the human condition associated with it-man as seeking pleasure in an erotically tinged universe-contemporary psychoanalysis is a fractured and contentious discipline in which competing theories share little more than the basic concepts of unconscious mental processes, ...

Psycho-Analytic Explorations

1 review
D.W. Winnicott

Harvard University Press, 1992

an able collection of Winnicott's work
....very useful, clear, readable presentation of the author's own ideas on a variety of topics. His description of Jung as schizophrenic is the least useful item in the collection.

Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts

2 reviews

Yale University Press, 1990

An incredibly Useful Tool for Psychoanalytic Reading
This book, in clearly written, concise definitions, outlines the major terms and concepts of psychoanalytic thinking and literature. As a candidate at a psychoanalytic institute I found it incredibly helpful and useful. If you want in-depth concepts, this is not the book for you, but if you are looking for a quick, clear definition of a psychoanalytic term, then look no further. This is way ...

Classics in Psychoanalytic Technique
Robert J. Langs

Jason Aronson, 1990

Collects the most important and creative work ever published on how to do psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

For Love of the Father: A Psychoanalytic Study of Religious Terrorism (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
Ruth Stein

Stanford University Press, 2009

Ruth Stein's pioneering study explains suicidal terrorism from a psychoanalytic perspective. She argues that most Islamic extremists undertake destructive and self-destructive actions not out of blind hatred, nor even for political gain, but to achieve an explosive merger with a transcendent awesome Father, God. The extremist is thus motivated more by his love for God than his hatred of the infidel. The contemporary Islamic terrorist kills ...

Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual: (PDM)

14 reviews
Alliance of Psychoanalytic Organizations

Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, 2006

Surprising Here and There... and Well Worth the Price of Admission
I am not essentially a psychodynamicist (though I have written extensively on the Karpman Drama Triangle, codependence, and family of origin issues in the addictions.) I am fundamentally a cognitivist, and a rational-emotive one at that. Yet I found the PDM extremely enlightening and worthwhile, at least through the first 650 pages. Rather than approach the topic as "better or worse than the ...

Therapeutic Action: A Guide to Psychoanalytic Therapy

4 reviews
Enrico E. Jones

Jason Aronson, 2000

The Finest Book Yet Written On Psychoanalytic Therapy
THERAPEUTIC ACTION by Enrico Jones is the one book I most wished I'd had at my side during my graduate training and formative years as a practicing clinician. It would have helped me more than countless hours of reading, reflection, and instruction. Simply put, THERAPEUTIC ACTION is a masterpiece which far exceeds in scholarship, usefulness, and clarity of insight any work available for ...

Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, Vol. 57
Albert J. Solnit, Peter B. Neubauer, ...

Yale University Press, 2002

This is the 57th volume in a series exploring the psychoanalytic study of children. Topics covered include: extra-transference interpretation; the illusion of parental celibacy; the body in adolescent diaries; and the influence of Marianismo on psychoanalytic work with Latinas.

Psychoanalytic Object Relations Therapy
Althea Horner

Jason Aronson, 1995

In Psychoanalytic Object Relations Therapy, Althea Horner explores the clinical implications of developmental object relations theory. She considers the importance of finding the interpersonal metaphor embedded in the patient's material, the various kinds of interventions made by the therapist, and the multiple ways the patient uses the therapist, such as a selfobject, a container, and an object for identification. Eight case presentations ...

Principles Of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Manual For Supportive-expressive Treatment

1 review
Lester Luborsky

Basic Books, 2000

An excellent guide
This book, written by a veteran psychotherapist, is a treatment guide for psychoanalytic therapists. It offers a systematic guide through the treatment process, from start to finish, offering specific intervention strategies as well as measurement scales to evaluate the therapist's performance. It is well-written and easy to understand, and quite interesting! As a psychologist, I can say it ...

Psychoanalytic Theory: An Introduction (Social Studies across the Borders)

1 review
Anthony Elliott

Duke University Press, 2002

Very ambitious and superb.
This is a very ambitious and comprehensive encounter with psychoanalysis and cultural theory. From Freud to Lacan and beyond, Elliott is wise and erudite. A good introduction indeed.

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