Illusion, Disillusion, and Irony in Psychoanalysis (Steiner John)(Paperback)

Illusion, Disillusion, and Irony in Psychoanalysis (Steiner John)(Paperback)

Illusion, Disillusion, and Irony in Psychoanalysis explores and develops the role of illusion and daydream in everyday life, and in psychoanalysis. Using both clinical examples and literary works, idealised illusions and the inevitable disillusion that is met when reality makes an impact, are

Forced Endings in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: Attachment and loss in retirement (Power Anne)(Paperback)

Forced Endings in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: Attachment and Loss in Retirement explores the ambivalence the therapist may feel about letting go of a professional role which has sustained them. Anne Power explores the process of closing a private practice, from the first ethical

Vitalization in Psychoanalysis: Perspectives on Being and Becoming (Cooney Amy Schwartz)(Paperback)

In Vitalization in Psychoanalysis, Schwartz Cooney and Sopher develop and explore the concept of vitalization, generating new ways of approaching and conceptualizing the psychoanalytic project.Vitalization refers to the process between two people that ignites new experiences and brings withdrawn

Process Facilitation in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Social Work (O'Neill Sylvia)(Paperback)

Process Facilitation in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Social Work elaborates a differential theory of therapeutic engagement with full reference not only to psychoanalysis and to psychotherapy but also - surprisingly - to social work. When contemporary social work with the marginalised achieves

Couch and the Tree - Dialogues in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism(Paperback / softback)

Boundaries and Boundary Violations in Psychoanalysis (Gabbard Glen)(Paperback)

The Enigma of Desire: Sex, Longing, and Belonging in Psychoanalysis (Atlas Galit)(Paperback)

The Enigma of Desire: Sex, Longing and Belonging in Psychoanalysis, introduces new perspectives on desire and longing, in and outside of the analytic relationship. This exciting volume explores the known and unknown, ghosts and demons, sexuality and lust. Galit Atlas discusses the subjects of sex

Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History (Revised) (Erikson Erik Homburger)(Paperback)

Introducing Psychoanalysis: Essential Themes and Topics (Budd Susan)(Paperback)

Introducing Psychoanalysis brings together leading analysts to explain what psychoanalysis is and how it has developed, setting its ideas in their appropriate social and intellectual context. Based on lectures given at the British Psychoanalytic Society, the contributions capture the diversity of

Intimacy and Separateness in Psychoanalysis (Poland Warren S.)(Paperback)

Clinical psychoanalysis serves as our best laboratory for exploring the riddle of what it is to be a person, and how a person is at once singularly unique while always a piece of the interpersonal fabric of humanity. In Intimacy and Separateness in Psychoanalysis, Warren Poland casts a freshly

Psychoanalysis and Anxiety: From Knowing to Being (Mawson Chris)(Paperback)

Psychoanalysis and Anxiety: From Knowing to Being combines psychoanalytic, existential and dramaturgical perspectives on the study of anxiety. The book explores the implications for psychoanalysis of including a consideration of the being of the patient, and of the analyst. The central principle

Psychoanalysis and Feminism: A Radical Reassessment of Freudian Psychoanalysis (Mitchell Juliet)(Paperback)

In 1974, at the height of the women's movement, Juliet Mitchell shocked her fellow feminists by challenging the entrenched belief that Freud was the enemy. She argued that a rejection of psychoanalysis as bourgeois and patriarchal was fatal for feminism. However it may have been used, she pointed

Inner Experiences of Evolution: (cw 132) (Steiner Rudolf)(Paperback)

In this most remarkable and in many ways unique course of lectures, Rudolf Steiner describes the inner experience of the states of consciousness known as the Saturn, Sun, Moon, and Earth stages of evolution. Lecture by lecture, Steiner details the experiences of these states available to one who

Revolution in Mind: The Creation of Psychoanalysis (Makari George)(Paperback)

Groundbreaking, insightful, and compulsively readable, Revolution in Mind goes beyond myth and polemic to give us the story of one of the most controversial and important intellectual endeavors of the twentieth century. In this masterful history, George Makari demonstrates how a new way of thinking

Russian Journal (Steinbeck Mr John)(Paperback / softback)

Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This title deals with the two artists, who at the height of their powers, answer their needs to document human

Totem and Taboo (Freud Sigmund)(Paperback)

In this landmark collection of essays, originally published in 1918, the father of psychoanalysis explores the conflict between primitive feelings and the demands of civilization, i.e., the struggle to reconcile unconscious desires with socially acceptable behavior. Topics include the childhood

Intersectionality and Relational Psychoanalysis: New Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Sexuality (Belkin Max)(Paperback)

Intersectionality and Relational Psychoanalysis: New Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Sexuality examines the links between race, gender, and sexuality through the dual perspectives of relational psychoanalysis and the theory of intersectionality.This anthology discusses the ways in which

Slavoj Zizek (Myers Tony)(Paperback)

Slavoj Zizek is no ordinary philosopher. Approaching critical theory and psychoanalysis in a recklessly entertaining fashion, Zizek's critical eye alights upon a bewildering and exhilarating range of subjects, from the political apathy of contemporary life, to a joke about the man who thinks he's a

Eurythmy and Rudolf Steiner: Origins and Development 1912-39 (Kisseleff Tatiana)(Paperback)

In the autumn of 1912, Rudolf Steiner presented the first eurythmy performance. It marked the revival, in modern form, of the sacred art of dance, which had been used in the ancient Mysteries to express the movements of the stars and the planets. In the years that followed, Steiner and his wife,

From Elephants to Einstein . . .: Answers to Questions (Steiner Rudolf)(Paperback)

The remarkable discussions in this volume took place between Rudolf Steiner and workers at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. The varied subjects were chosen by his audience at Steiner's suggestion. He took their questions, to which he generally gave immediate answers. The astonishing nature

Black Cat Bone (Burnside John)(Paperback / softback)

Drawing on various sources, this book examines varieties of love, faith, hope and illusion, to suggest an unusual possibility: that when the search for what we expected to find - in the forest or in our own hearts - ends in failure, we can now begin the hard and disciplined quest for what is

Day of the Triffids (Wyndham John)(Paperback / softback)

When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see. This title expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and

Body-Mind Dissociation in Psychoanalysis: Development After Bion (Lombardi Riccardo)(Paperback)

The conflict and dissociation between the Body and the Mind have determinant implications in the context of our current clinical practice, and are an important source of internal and relational disturbances. Body-Mind Dissociation in Psychoanalysis proposes the concept as a new hypothesis,

Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (Rycroft Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Provides definitions and critical discussions of the technical terms used in