Psychology

Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice: Improving the Quality of Judgments and Decisions

by Eileen Gambrill

Praise for Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice, Third Edition

"Eileen Gambrill is unparalleled in her ability to describe common flaws and biases in clinical decision making. The result in this revised edition...

The Language of Psychoanalysis

by Jean Laplanche & Jean-Bertrand Pontalis

The definitive guide to psychoanalytic vocabulary. An indispensible reference book for anyone interested in psychoanalysis.

Imagination and Reality: Psychoanalytical Essays 1951-1961

by Charles Rycroft

A collection of essays, introduced by Masud Khan and J.D. Sutherland, on a variety of subjects including: observations on a case of vertigo; on idealization, illusion, and catastrophic disillusion; the nature...

The Child, his Illness and the Others

by Maud Mannoni

A description and explanation of a neo-lacanian child analysis.

Trauma, Growth and Personality

by Phyllis Greenacre

This collection of papers focuses on the interaction of maturation phases and special traumas in the first few years of life and the probable effect of these early patterns on the structure of the later personality....

Problems of Human Pleasure and Behaviour

by Michael Balint

A collection of papers concerning the Individual and the Community, Clinical Problems and Men and Their Ideas.

Thrills and Regressions

by Michael Balint

Contents: Part One - Thrills; Part Two - Regressions; Part Three: Appendix; Part Four - Conclusions. This book includes the paper "Distance in Time and Space" by Enid Balint.

Difficulties in the Analytic Encounter

by John Klauber

This book represents an odyssey through the career of a thoughtful and serious psychoanalyst. John Klauber, a strong and articulate member of the middle or "independent" group of the British Institute of Psycho-Analysis,...

The Psychological Birth of the Human Infant: Symbiosis and Individuation

by Margaret S. Mahler

In this highly acclaimed book, Margaret S. Mahler and her collaborators break new ground in developmental psychology and present the first complete theoretical statement of Dr Mahler's observations on the normal...

Primary Love and Psychoanalytic Technique

by Michael Balint

A collection of Balint's papers written between 1930 and 1952 on the three interlinked topics of human sexuality, object-relations, and psychoanalytic technique.

The Large Group: Dynamics and Therapy

by Lionel Kreeger

An important and pioneering work collating knowledge of large groups - both at a theoretical and a practical level - from thirteen contributors with experience within a wide range of disciplines and settings....

Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: The Body/Mind Connection

by Maggie Scarf

Reading Maggie Scarf’s groundbreaking new book could change your life. In Secrets, Lies, Betrayals, the bestselling author of Unfinished Business, Intimate Partners, and Intimate Worlds brilliantly explores...

The Language of Winnicott: A Dictionary of Winnicott's Use of Words

by Jan Abram

Jan Abram's lexicon - The Language of Winnicott - has proved to be the definitive comprehensive guide to Winnicott's thought since it was first published in 1996, Winnicott's centenary Year. The twenty-two entries...

Freud and Judaism

by David Meghnagi

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

Co-Constructing Therapeutic Conversations: A Consultation of Restraint

by Ivan Inger & Jeri Inger

This book illustrates the unique systemic approach of the Ingers who are well-known teachers and co-founders of the Family Studies Institute in Portland, Oregon. Their work combines elements of the reflective...

Female Sexuality: New Psychoanalytic Views

by Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel

Contains six essays and an introduction on Freudian and non-Freudian views of female sexuality. Contributors include Joyce McDougall, Maria Torok and Bela Grunberger.

Selected Papers: Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis

by S. H. Foulkes

A collection of Foulkes' papers - including previously unpublished material - covering his group-analytic writings and earlier material from his career as a psychoanalyst.

Jungian Psychotherapy: A Study in Analytical Psychology

by Michael Fordham

'This book contains an exposition of therapeutic methods used by analytical psychologists. It is based on Jung's own investigations and includes developments in his ideas and practices that others have initiated.Jung...

The Oedipus Complex Today: Clinical Implications

by Ronald Britton, Michael Feldman & Edna O'Shaughnessy

A collection of papers focusing on the Kleinian conception of the Oedipus complex, how this is now understood, and what effect it has had on clinical practice.

Projection, Identification, Projective Identification

by Joseph Sandler

A collection of papers focussing on all aspects of projection and identification. Contributors include: Otto Kernberg, Betty Joseph, W.W.Meissner, and Rafael Moses.