Jouissance: Sexuality, Suffering and Satisfaction (Leader Darian)(Paperback)

Jouissance: Sexuality, Suffering and Satisfaction (Leader Darian)(Paperback)

Although the term 'jouissance' is common currency in psychoanalysis today, how much does it really tell us? While often taken to designate a fusion of sexuality, suffering and satisfaction, the term has fallen into a purely descriptive use that closes down more questions than it opens up. Although

Hands - What We Do with Them - and Why (Leader Darian)(Paperback / softback)

Why Can't We Sleep? (Leader Darian)(Paperback / softback)

New Black - Mourning, Melancholia and Depression (Leader Darian)(Paperback / softback)

What happens when we lose someone we love? In this book, an acclaimed psychoanalyst and writer urges us to look beyond the catch-all concept of depression to explore the deeper, unconscious ways in which we respond to the experience of loss. In so doing, we can loosen the grip it may have upon our

Sexuality Counseling: Theory, Research, and Practice (Murray)(Paperback)

Providing a comprehensive, research- and theory-based approach to sexuality counseling, Sexuality Counseling is grounded in an integrative, multi-level conceptual framework that addresses the various levels at which individuals experience sexuality. At each level (physiological, developmental,

Strictly Bipolar (Leader Darian)(Paperback / softback)

What could explain this explosion of bipolarity? Is it a legitimate diagnosis or the result of Big Pharma marketing? Exploring these questions, this title challenges the rise of 'bipolar' as a catch-all solution to complex problems, and argues that we need to rethink the highs and lows of mania and

Introducing Lacan (Leader Darian)(Paperback)

Jacques Lacan's ideas are as influential in the field of psychoanalysis as those of Freud have ever been. Introducing Lacan guides the reader through Lacanian theory, exploring the central pillars of his thought and his bearing on literature, art, philosophy, and

Couple Sexuality After 60: Intimate, Pleasurable, and Satisfying (McCarthy Barry)(Paperback)

Confronting taboos and misunderstandings about sexuality and aging, Couple Sexuality After 60: Intimate, Pleasurable, and Satisfying motivates couples to embrace sex and sexuality in their 60s, 70s, and 80s. The book busts two extreme myths-that people over 60 cannot and should not be sexual and

Sexuality and the Psychology of Love (Freud Sigmund)(Paperback)

From Simon & Schuster, Sexuality and the Psychology of Love is Sigmund Freud's exploration of sexuality and the psychology of love. Sexuality and the Psychology of Love is Freud at his most brilliant, raising the curtain on a new era of sexual and social awareness, with an introduction from Philip

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

What Kind of God?: Responses To 10 Popular Accusations (Ots Michael)(Paperback)

How can God be good when he allows suffering, authorizes war, limits my sexuality, excludes people of other religions, and even sends them to hell? Michael Ots responds with clarity and warmth to these and other moral objections to the character of God. He shows that in spite of some common

The Godly Image: Christian Satisfaction in Aquinas (Cessario Op Romanus)(Paperback)

Interprets satisfaction within the context of the divine mercy and not the divine justice. This unique contribution to satisfaction studies owes a great deal to the achievement of Saint Thomas Aquinas. In this sense, the book enacts a retrieval of the theology of the high classical

Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance (Musser Amber Jamilla)(Paperback)

Reimagines black and brown sensuality to develop new modes of knowledge production In Sensual Excess, Amber Jamilla Musser imagines epistemologies of sensuality that emerge from fleshiness. To do so, she works against the framing of black and brown bodies as sexualized, objectified, and abject, and

Photography and Surrealism: Sexuality, Colonialism and Social Dissent (Bate David)(Paperback)

Queer Shakespeare: Desire and Sexuality (Stanivukovic Goran)(Paperback)

Queer Shakespeare: Desire and Sexuality draws together 13 essays, which offer a major reassessment of the criticism of desire, body and sexuality in Shakespeare's drama and poetry. Bringing together some of the most prominent critics working at the intersection of Shakespeare criticism and queer

God, Sexuality, and the Self (Coakley Sarah)(Paperback)

God, Sexuality and the Self is a new venture in systematic theology. Sarah Coakley invites the reader to re-conceive the relation of sexual desire and the desire for God and - through the lens of prayer practice - to chart the intrinsic connection of this relation to a theology of the Trinity. The

Slow Sex: The Path to Fulfilling and Sustainable Sexuality (Richardson Diana)(Paperback)

A revolutionary practice for couples to enhance sexuality and reach higher states of consciousness - How to make sex a conscious decision, not an accidental encounter - Discusses how slowness increases sensitivity and awakens the body's innate mechanism for ecstasy - Reveals how sexuality can be

The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion, Sexuality, and Gender (Boisvert Donald L.)(Paperback)

How do religion, gender and sexuality interact? How have they impacted, and continue to impact, human culture? The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion, Sexuality and Gender brings together, for the first time, the key texts in the field. Designed as a textbook for use in a classroom setting, it offers

Sexuality and Gender Now: Moving Beyond Heteronormativity (Hertzmann Leezah)(Paperback)

Sexuality and Gender Now uses a psychoanalytic approach to arrive at a more informed view of the experience and relationships of those whose sexuality and gender may not align with the heterosexual 'norm'. This book confronts the heteronormative bias dominant in psychoanalysis, using a combination

Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide (Richards Christina)(Paperback)

Questions of sexuality and gender affect everyone and therefore have an inevitable relevance in the consulting room. Yet with interpretations and manifestations of both varying greatly from person to person, understanding the inherent complexities of sexuality and gender can be a daunting task for

Suffering Is Optional: Three Keys to Freedom and Joy (Huber Cheri)(Paperback)

Suffering Is Optional: Three Keys to Freedom and Joy centers around three basic aspects of Zen practice: pay attention, believe nothing, and don't take anything personally. As ending suffering requires that one sees how suffering happens, the book urges readers to be willing to be quiet and pay

Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School (Pascoe C. J.)(Paperback)

High school and the difficult terrain of sexuality and gender identity are brilliantly explored in this smart, incisive ethnography. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, Dude, You're a Fag sheds new light on masculinity both as a field of meaning

Exploring Masculinity, Sexuality, and Culture in Gestalt Therapy: An Autoethnography (Kincel Adam)(Paperback)

Exploring Masculinity, Sexuality, and Culture in Gestalt Therapy is an invitation to explore social and political issues within the psychotherapeutic framework. It describes and analyses the author's journey of becoming a gestalt therapist in Poland and England through analyses of masculinity,

Sex, Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy (Murray Jacqueline)(Paperback)

Sex, Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy explores the new directions being taken in the study of sex and gender in Italy from 1300 to 1700 and highlights the impact that recent scholarship has had in revealing innovative ways of approaching this subject.In this interdisciplinary volume,