Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd On the Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders
Book SynopsisThis Classic Edition of On the Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders: An Introduction to Logotherapy and Existential Analysis sees Viktor E. Frankl, bestselling author and founder of logotherapy, introduce his key theories and apply them to work with patients exhibiting symptoms of neurosis.James M. DuBois' translation of Frankl's Theorie und Therapie der Neurosen allows English readers to experience this essential text on logotherapy in an invigorating new light. DuBois also provides a new Preface to the book, highlighting the importance of both the original volume and Frankl's work at large, and framing it within contemporary psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Throughout the book, Frankl uses his unique logotherapeutic approach to analyse neuroses and their impact. He looks in turn at how neuroses may be informed by psychoses, somatic disorders, and the mental implications of being diagnosed with a physical medical condition, as well as potential psychologic
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Taylor & Francis Ornette Coleman Psychoanalysis Discourse
Book SynopsisOrnette Coleman, Psychoanalysis, Discourse develops tools from psychoanalysis for the analysis of Ornette Coleman's discourse.In this psychoanalytic, philosophical and musical meditation on what it means to follow, A. L. James presents an approach to the analysis of discourse that is a kind of listening for listening â an attempt to discern in and between the lines of Coleman's speech the implication of new ways to listen, new ways to experience Colemanâs music as movement and space â as Movements in Harmolodic Space. Each chapter of this book is oriented with respect to fragments from Colemanâs discourse, dealing with a piece, or collection of pieces, from Colemanâs work, with particular attention to the implication of relations and relationality. Insofar as Colemanâs discourse about his work also contains allusions to fields beyond music, it develops tools that draw elements and structures from these fields together, finding in their relation echoes and
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Exploring Lacans Encore Seminar XX
Book SynopsisExploring Lacan's Encore Seminar XX examines the themes presented in Encore, the seminar presented by Lacan between 1972 and 1975.Raul Moncayo, Barri Belnap, and Greg Farr focus on Lacan's presentation of the theory of the Third Jouissance, clarifying the difference between jouissance as a concept and as a word. The authors argue that although there are many words that Lacan uses for jouissance, there are only five concepts of jouissance: the first is inconvenient, the second is convenient and inconvenient, while the last three are convenient and constructive.Exploring Lacan's Encore Seminar XX will be essential reading for academics and scholars of Lacanian studies, Lacanian analysts, and readers interested in Lacan's theories of the 1970s.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Schizophrenia
Book SynopsisSchizophrenia: A Contemporary Introduction provides a vital overview of psychoanalytic work with patients dealing with schizophrenia, highlighting the many benefits of this approach and introducing key methods for mental health practitioners.This concise introductory volume starts by offering a brief historical introduction to how psychoanalysts, from Freud onwards, have approached schizophrenia and the methods they have used to alleviate the distress it causes its sufferers. Gillian Steggles illustrates how the developing relationship between patient and analyst can positively impact the patient's mental functioning, leading to an improvement in their overall health and the ability to regain independence and self-reliance. She introduces theoretical psychoanalytic approaches, such as the Psychodynamic Pentapointed Cognitive Construct (PPCC) model, as a means of offering guidance to analysts dealing with schizophrenic analysands.This book will be of interest to
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Witnessing and Psychoanalysis
Book SynopsisPsychoanalysis and Witnessing intertwines aspects of the history of psychoanalysis with the development of Philippe Réfabert's own thinking and clinical practice.Réfabert's work invites analysts to reflect on the inception of psychic life. The author argues for a revision of drive theory and reflects on the psychic functioning of the analyst in the session. Réfabert forces the analyst to see the necessity of standing witness to acts left unacknowledged; he holds that in analysis witnessing is crucial.With case material from the author's practice throughout, this book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training.Trade Review"Witnessing and Psychoanalysis explores the silent zones of the foundation of being. With the support of writers like Melville, Hölderlin, Kafka and Celan, this investigation takes the reader to the boundaries of the gap created in the psyche by trauma. Réfabert goes beyond the Winnicottian ‘mirror’; he helps us to rethink the negative from the perspective of a parental psychic matrix. The author shows how the blunted zones of this matrix and the gaps created by trauma are compensated by the construction of a fetish or a scenario used as a substitute mirror serving to reflect a man or a woman wandering the earth without a shadow. This collection of essays is an extraordinary source of inspiration for clinicians, psychoanalysts, theoreticians and literary critics."Carlo Bonomi"Philippe Réfabert’s book Witnessing and Psychoanalysis takes the reader on a journey beyond the usual references of mainstream psychoanalysis and proposes concepts such as ‘soul murder’, ‘paradoxical foundation’ and ‘trace of death’ as tools for the analyst in his work. ‘Soul murder’ also characterises patients who experienced extreme trauma, and who challenge the analyst to work with muted portions of his psyche of which he is unaware. Starting from the author’s efforts to free himself from institutional constraints and become an analyst for such patients, the book offers a wealth of clinical examples, showing, for example, how a child can be expected to animate a mortally wounded mother, a situation left unacknowledged for lack of a witness. Réfabert’s proposed paradigm for psychoanalysis in such cases is enlightened by Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author, which summons the analyst to climb on the stage in order to be present on the side of the patient, to witness and create authorship for matters which have been thrown into nonexistence. I strongly recommend the reading of this book, which constitutes a landmark for psychoanalysis in our era of catastrophic events with their resulting traumas."Françoise DavoineTable of ContentsPart I: About the Originary 1. About a Limit Not Given at the Origin 2. A Transitional Psychic Matrix: A Proposal for Reflecting on Splitting and Fetishism 3. Maternal Donation and the Phallus: Consequences of a Construction 4. Rhythmic Concertation and Its Disruptions 5. On Expulsion Part II: On Witnessing 6. A Character, an Author, an Actor 7. Near the Originary, Where the Breath Fails 8. The Theory of Hysteria Hindered by the Absence of a Witness 9. The Witness: Subject of Psychoanalysis 10. In the Crevice of Time 11. Bearing the Other: The Two-Stage Birth of Psychoanalysis 12. Contribution to a Discussion on Bion’s Work
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Athlete and Their Mechanisms of Defense
Book SynopsisThis important book explores the way athletes use defense mechanisms and coping skills to manage both the internal and external stress faced in competitive sport. Covering a range of case studies across various sports, the text showcases a taxonomy of immature, neurotic and mature defences available to the athlete and describes the benefits and drawbacks of each.A clear introductory section defines what defense mechanisms are and how they impact performance such as shame, anxiety, despair, memories of previous losses or fantasies about winning. Applying a psychoanalytic approach in line with the ideas of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Fenichel, Leo Rangel, George Valliant and many others, the author uses each case study to connect the defense mechanism under investigation with the world of the athlete. Focused on delivering research-based evidence, the book helps readers deepen their understanding of the different types of defense mechanisms used by athletes across the globe, as
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Taylor & Francis Ltd From Breakdown to Breakthrough
Book SynopsisAs a clear and user-friendly guide for clinicians who work with patients affected by psychosis, this book challenges the false notion that psychosis is untreatable through talk therapy.The authors contend that since psychotic symptoms are features of survival adaptation, they naturally serve as a valuable source of information, providing clues about the origins of people''s psychic derailment along with a path to its cure. The authors advise therapists not only to read and respond to the messages embedded in the symptoms, but also to recognize and utilise the non-psychotic aspects of the patient in facilitating recovery. The overall aim is to recruit the patient as a collaborator in their treatment, thus wresting a meaningful and redemptive narrative from the psychotic experience. All aspects and phases of treatment - from initial encounters through the middle phase to termination, and even supervision - are covered in this volume.Abundant with clinical examples, theorTrade Review'While reading From Breakdown to Breakthrough, my highlighting pen rarely left my hand, so much was there to note and remember. With crystal clarity and great style, the authors thoroughly refute the despairing deficit model of psychosis by offering a brilliant theoretical synthesis supported with a wealth of references and tied to a potent and practical approach to understanding and responding to the language of the disorder. Their powerful arguments are given felt resonance through many profound and poignant case histories. This book is a victory for the psychoanalytic treatment of psychosis, and I found myself applauding nearly every page.Mental health practitioners of all types, especially early career psychotherapists, will be greatly helped in knowing how to treat those deemed unreachable as they learn to decipher and work with symptoms as forms of communication.'Francoise Davoine, Ph.D., French psychoanalyst and co-author of History Beyond Trauma'From Breakdown to Breakthrough is a passionate, responsive, and highly educated exploration and sharing of psychological work with psychosis, emphasizing intricacies of the therapy relationship, its nuances and possibilities. Psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, and relational perspectives open doors of contact, healing, and growth. This book is a beautiful exposition and affirmation of ways the human spirit connects with difficult, often seemingly intractable, states as it supports and mediates transformative processes.'Michael Eigen, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst and author of The Psychotic Core, The Sensitive Self, and Contact with the Depths'This is a terrific book! Knafo and Selzer are master clinicians who work with the skill, determination, patience, and grace required to give patients who are in psychological retreat from consensual reality an opportunity to risk re-entering a world they came to find too difficult to bear. The authors present a persuasive case for regarding psychotic symptoms as essential sources of information that provide a foundation for the patient's treatment. They illustrate their approach with many clear and moving clinical examples. They share their intuitions, formulations, and decisions as their work unfolds with individual patients. The book is full of clinical wisdom, important ideas, and practical advice. It is certain to be of value to experienced clinicians and early-career psychotherapists alike.'Michael Garrett, M.D., psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author, Psychotherapy for Psychosis'From Breakdown to Breakthrough is a wonderful book based on extenstive knowledge and experience, which clearly outlines a potent psychodynamic approach to assist persons suffering psychosis in achieving a fuller life. Both novice and veteran mental health professionals will gain useful insights from any of the chapters.The book is written in a style that will readily engage the reader and, in doing so, also demonstrate much better ways of engaging with one's patients.'Brian Martindale, M.D., psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in the UK, past president of the International Society for the Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS)Table of ContentsForeword by Orna Ophir Introduction: From Breakdown to Breakthrough 1. Psychoanalysis meets Psychosis: Theory and Practice 2. Beginnings 3. Establishing a Pre-Alliance 4. Sample First Session: Psychosis and Cannabis 5. Outpatient Treatment with Psychosis: Managing Isolation and Creating Safety 6. "Don't Step on Tony!": Working with Psychotic Symptoms 7. Anybody Home? Working with Negative Symptoms 8. Alone in a Crowded Mind: When Psychosis Masks Loneliness 9. Coming Undone: Acute Decompensation and Creating a Narrative 10. Going Blind to See: A Case Study of Trauma, Regression, and Psychosis 11. Endings 12. Supervision
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Psychoanalytic Work in East Africa
Book SynopsisPsychoanalytic Work in East Africa presents a unique insight into psychoanalytic practice with urban populations in Eastern Africa.Barbara Saegesser describes her psychoanalytic work in different East-African locations and in a wide range of contexts. Each chapter considers a particular context, from work in hospitals, in psychiatric hospitals and with children in orphanages to maternity wards with women who have been submitted to genital mutilation. Saegesser also reflects on questions of gender, religion and working across cultures throughout, and considers the benefits of this approach for people who haven't previously encountered psychoanalysis.Psychoanalytic Work in East Africa will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists looking to learn more about working with people in complex and challenging, also dangerous situations, across cultures, and in areas where psychoanalysis is not at all known.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd On Freuds Remembering Repeating and
Book SynopsisIn On Freud's Remembering, Repeating and Working-Through international contributors from a range of psychoanalytic backgrounds reflect on this key 1914 paper.Each chapter considers an aspect of Freud's original work, addressing both the theoretical and clinical dimensions of the paper and incorporating contemporary perspectives. Bringing out all three aspects of the paper's title, the contributors consider the issues raised by the so-called change in psychoanalytic paradigm, from the classic central concern of remembering to a clinical experience which prioritises enactment and repetition. The reflections on this important paper demonstrate how it goes beyond technique to open new vistas on the conception of psychoanalysis as a whole.On Freud's Remembering, Repeating and Working-Through will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists in practice and in training. It will also be of interest to readers seeking a deeper under
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Taylor & Francis A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Female to Male
Book SynopsisDrawing on theory from a range of schools of psychoanalytic thought, this timely book addresses and explores the phenomenon of the increasing number of people who were assigned female at birth and now identify as male, and what might underly the cultural pull to remove femaleness from self and body.In A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Female to Male Transition, Serena Heller considers how early recognition of the difference between the sexes might evoke a melancholic attitude towards oneâs anatomy, as being one sex and not the other. She considers the ramifications of the developing sexual bodies of young women at a time when they are having great difficulty accepting them, addressing the complexity of female sexual development in relation to sexual aim and object, and how manifestations of early bisexuality can resurface during puberty. Focusing solely on the experience of female-to-male transition, rather than making broad assumptions of a universal trans experience,
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Erich Fromm
Book SynopsisIn this passionate volume, Sandra Buechler introduces Erich Fromm''s groundbreaking contributions to psychoanalysis, sociology, philosophy, political action, and social criticism. Buechler explores how Fromm''s thinking and interdisciplinary vision are able to frame discussions of dilemmas in contemporary society. She offers a comprehensive biography of Fromm, before delving into his role as analyst, author, activist, sociologist and philosopher. From her own experience as a psychoanalyst, and from the testimony of Fromm''s many ardent followers, Buechler illuminates Fromm''s capacity to inspire. She considers how Fromm''s writing equips students, beginning clinicians and more experienced professionals to understand what can give meaning to their efforts on behalf of troubled individuals, their riven communities, and the wider world. Assuming no prior knowledge of Fromm''s work, this books offers students in clinical and social psychology, sociology, and philosophy a vital insight
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Jungs Philosophy
Book SynopsisJung's Philosophy' explores some of the controversial philosophical ideas that are both explicit and implicit within Jung's psychology, comparing the philosophical assumptions between this and other psychotherapeutic traditions. Within this book, Corbett provides a useful introduction to the philosophical issues relevant to the practice of analytical psychology, and how these are viewed by different psychotherapeutic traditions. Most of the disagreement between schools of psychotherapy, and much of the comparative literature, centres around differences in theory and technique. This book takes a different, more fundamental approach by comparing schools of thought based on their underlying philosophical commitments. The author discusses the philosophical basis of various worldviews such as idealism and realism, beliefs about the nature of the psyche and the unconscious, and the mind-brain relationship, and focuses on the way in which Jung's psychology addresses these andTable of ContentsPreface 1. Philosophical issues in psychology and psychotherapy 2. Jung's Philosophical and Scientific Claims 3. Possible connections between quantum mechanics and depth psychology 4. The Question of the Self: Jung, Western, and Eastern approaches Index
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Taylor & Francis Psychopathologies of the Living
Book SynopsisPsychopathologies of the Living makes the work of the French psychoanalyst Pierre FÃdida (1934-2002) available in English for the first time.Patrick ffrench and Nigel Saint present key essays selected from FÃdidaâs extensive Åuvre. The book directs attention to two salient dimensions of FÃdidaâs writing: his attention to the pathologies of the body, considered as both a psychic and somatic entity, and his insistence on the relevance of psychoanalytic thought to the sciences of life. The chapters included in this collection detail FÃdidaâs creative use of aesthetic sources in his psychoanalytic work, his distinctive and creative manipulation and revision of central psychoanalytic concepts and his precise attention to the texts of Freud, Ferenczi, Winnicott among others. This selection of FÃdidaâs essays also shows his avoidance of thematization or explicit theorisation; for FÃdida the theory of psychoanalysis must arise out of the specific interplay of language and the âspace of the sessionâ.Psychopathologies of the Living will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training and to academics and scholars of philosophy, aesthetics, and literary studies.
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Taylor & Francis Time and the Unconscious
Book SynopsisBionâs unfashionable thought is a challenge for our times in which anaesthesia and mass thinking prevail. The themes this book addresses are time and the unconscious.In the present/past, the here and now reveals its relationship with the unredeemable time, which conditions our behaviour and is at the root of a state of hallucinosis in the form of a short-sighted view that is distorted by deep-seated wounds. This book also highlights the resonances with contemporary epistemology and physics that underlie the new paradigm of psychoanalytic field theory. The topic of the unconscious raises questions about its origin and the difference between the Bionian and the Freudian unconscious. In Bion we see an evolutionary, process character emerge, with a double movement of repetition and expansion within a single system in unstable equilibrium, for which there is no conscious feeling that does not also carry with it the shadow of the unconscious.Drawing on psychoanalytic
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Taylor & Francis How Does Analysis Cure
Book SynopsisBuilding upon 50 years of clinical experience, Fred Busch addresses a central question facing all psychoanalysts: What is essential to a psychoanalytic curative process, and what are the methods of working that can bring this about?This book investigates the analytic relationship as a process of giving patients the freedom to think the unthinkable (to build representations) and change repeated patterns of action into the possibility of reflection. This entails careful examination of central psychoanalytic concepts such as transference, resistances, and the ethics of countertransference as a guide to a patientâs unconscious, in addition to newer ideas, such as the notion of the analyst as a memory keeper of patientsâ lost objects. In its final part, the book presents observations on how analysts function as part of analytic organizations, and the various roles they take on to develop an âœanalytic identityâ.Continuing decades of significant theoretical work on clinical
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Taylor & Francis Voluntary Servitude. Masochism and Morality
Book SynopsisLe Soldatâs Voluntary Servitude. Masochism and Morality presents an extraordinary analysis of masochism, the subject, death drive and sexual discourse inspired by Freudian drive theory, philosophy, gender theory, political science and mythology.This book will certainly evoke the readerâs curiosity, but even more than that it will encourage readers critical reflection on the clandestine defensive formations between the psyche and reality that, in the authorâs view, obscure pleasure principle by corrupting the death drive and the body. Le Soldat presents an unprecedented formulation in psychoanalytic literature to date, one of incomparable significance not only for our clinical work, but also for critical theoretical reflection on society and its vicissitudes. As a result of their defensive stances, we encounter âmasochistic subjects of servitudeâ enclosed in a world of wars, economical rivalries, regressive brutality of consumerism, religious dependency and political ma
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Practicing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with
Book SynopsisThis book will help readers balance the essential scientific concepts underlying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with their clinical practice, reconnecting ACT with its behavioural therapeutic roots and Relational Frame Theory.Clinicians often struggle to understand the science (the head) that should underpin their clinical practice/work (the heart). Without a core understanding of the scientific concepts underlying ACT, clinicians struggle to understand how to adapt ACT in practice for specific client or group situations and why. In response to that, this book is structured to help readers understand the why of each intervention and how to use that to guide the next move. Through a mix of explanations, personal examples, exercises for the therapist, short cases, and metaphors, the book provides a series of science-driven concepts that teach the reader to use the ACT toolbox with skilful interventions.This manual is a must-read for any ACT trainee
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mentalizing in Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic
Book SynopsisMentalizing in Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy explains how mentalization-based therapy (MBT) can be used within the framework of psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapies.Josef Brockmann, Holger Kirsch, and Svenja Taubner explain the outstanding importance of mentalizing for contemporary psychoanalysis and assess the essential conceptual innovations of mentalizing, focusing on outpatient individual therapies for patients with personality disorders. The book demonstrates the high connectivity of mentalizing to psychoanalysis and considers the further development of the concept of mentalizing. A practical and research-oriented work, the book documents numerous case studies, and detailed transcripts of treatment dialogs supplemented by extensive commentary to illustrate the practical application of mentalizing.Mentalizing in Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists in training and in practice who are looking to integrate mentalizing into their work.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd On Arrogance
Book SynopsisThis book explores the notion of arrogance from a broadly psychoanalytic perspective, and examines its importance in the consulting room and the wider world.Starting from the writings of Freud and Bion, Civitarese explores how much our inner and outer worlds may be shaped by arrogance, both our own and that of others. The author proposes that much of psychological suffering can be explained by non-recognition, of our own needs and desires, or those of others. It can be argued that arrogance is a symptom of lack of mutual recognition and in itself a significant obstacle to psychic growth. This book is an interdisciplinary dialogue between psychoanalysis, literature, and philosophy, which offers a non-reductive view of arrogance to make visible the psychological suffering it conceals.With a broad psychoanalytic basis, On Arrogance will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, scholars in humanities and anyone wishing to broaden their understandin
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Taylor & Francis The Emerging Tradition of Hans Loewald
Book SynopsisAlongside its companion volume, The Legacy and Promise of Hans Loewald, this book addresses the current lack of familiarity with the ideas and life of the eminent psychoanalytic teacher and scholar, Hans Loewald (1906â1993). It provides an account of the evolution of his ideas across different disciplinary fields.Contributors to this volume take a broad look at Loewaldâs impact on the fields of sociology, anthropology, and feminism, language development, as well as delving into his workâs significance for the sublimatory potential of religion, music, the arts. This volume shows how Loewaldâs thinking about internalization can adapt to our ever-changing social and cultural environment, even offering a Loewaldian lens to understand the contemporary use of psychedelics in mental health treatment. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that, after Loewald â as would have been his wish â for those who read him, psychoanalysis as an approach to mental health can never languish i
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultural Complexes and Europes Many Souls
Book SynopsisThis timely and important new volume examines the impacts of Brexit and the war in Ukraine from the lens of the cultural complex model, in an exploration of the underlying dynamic relationships within and between countries.There have been seismic changes in Europe in recent years, with the onset of Brexit and the RussianâUkraine war, pre-existing cultural complexes have erupted in fragmenting divisions and war, creating an atmosphere closest to that of the ominous animosities of the Cold War after World War 2 and impacting the psyche on both an archetypal and cultural level. In this volume, contributors provide early attempts to make sense of the current situation, and to think about it in terms of activated cultural complexes, specifically in Britain and Eastern Europe, and perhaps across the globe.This will be an important read for Jungian analysts interested in the underlying dynamic fuelling Brexit and the UkraineâRussia war as well as those interested in Jungian studies, analysis and political activism, and international affairs from a Jungian perspective.
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Taylor & Francis The Darker Side of Leadership
Book SynopsisManfred Kets de Vries is one of the most authoritative voices on organizational dynamics, leadership, executive coaching, and psychotherapy today. In all his roles, he has noticed that questions are now, increasingly, coming back to one thing â the wider state of the world. Using an engaging and highly readable style throughout the book, Manfred helps us to make sense of the confusing and, some might say, psychotic times in which we now live.Revealing the darker side of leadership, Manfred explores the tendency for people to adopt âsheepleâ or herd-like behavior, the populist threat that we are facing, the dangers that come with feelings of perceived injustice, the rise of dictatorships, and the impact of Leviathan (neo-authoritarian) leadership behavior. Guided by theoretical concepts, the book provides readers with a better understanding of the underlying forces that drive these phenomena to the surface. What are the psychological dynamics at play? Why do groups of people behave in this manner? Beyond merely diagnosing whatâs happening, Manfred introduces various coping strategies to counteract the emergence of these regressive forces.The book offers a unique and original approach to answering the micro- and macro-psychological questions of how to mitigate against populism and autocratic leadership, and will be of interest to the general reader as well as the key audiences of organizational leaders, psychoanalysts, coaches, psychotherapists, sociologists and social psychologists.
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Taylor & Francis The Alchemy of Addiction
Within this important book, Stephen J. Costello draws on Eastern philosophy, Western psychology, and wisdom traditions to offer an interpretation and answer to the multidimensional problem of addiction.The nature of pleasure, pain, and attachment are discussed, together with stress as a key source of our suffering. Justifying and grounding the work is C. G. Jungâs central insight that the solution to our disordered desires lies in cultivating a spiritual approach to life. As such, a detailed exploration of the Twelve Steps of recovery is elucidated from the threefold perspective of the philosophy of Advaita, the Enneagram system, and the Christian contemplations of Richard Rohr, John Main, and Thomas Keating, as well as St Ignatius of Loyola. The work concludes with a brief look at Platonic ethics, especially the virtue of temperance, St Benedictâs spirituality of humility, and the law of dharma as a blueprint for purposeful non-addicted living.This book wil
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Taylor & Francis The Muses of Truth and Transformation
Book SynopsisDrawing on the authorâs own experiences as a psychiatrist-psychotherapist, this fascinating new book gathers and analyzes folktales from around the world about adults struggling with conflicts and trying to determine truth. These narratives illustrate how storytelling is crucial to the process of reconciliation.The stories included within this book feature both familiar and forgotten ones: e.g., The Fisherman and the Djinn from Arabia; Why the Platypus Is Special from Australia; the Native American, How Nanapush Brought the Peace Pipe to the People, and the ancient Greek tale of Baucis and Philemon. The anthology retells the tales and discusses them in terms of psychological and spiritual development - the role of individuation and wisdom in reconciling disputes. The tales reveal astonishing cross-cultural similarities about how to do so, and directly apply to many modern dilemmas. Particularly important is a new paradigm of truth and transformation illustrated by long overlo
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Taylor & Francis The Dread of Falling
Book SynopsisThe Dread of Falling: Reflections on Primitive Mental States offers a comprehensive and original view of primitive mental states from a psychoanalytic perspective, allowing the reader to understand the nature of these states from developmental, theoretical and clinical vantage points. The book begins with a review of early mental development and its relevance to the understanding of primitive mental states. Alina Schellekes explores major primary anxieties of being and considers object relations that characterise loose or shattered structures of the self. The dread of fallingâ both describes a concrete anxiety prevalent in such states and serves as a metaphor and common thread through the book to portray the deep dread of losing base with oneâs meaningful objects. Schellekes looks at how, in cases of severe developmental deprivation or late-onset trauma, mental void structures or states of emotional indigestible excess may evolve, creating complex challenges in the ana
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Taylor & Francis Bion Dreamwork and the Oneiric Dimensions of the Mind
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Taylor & Francis Psychoanalysis and Catholicism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology
Book SynopsisTwenty-nine years since the first edition was released, Frank Summers has renewed hislucid and thorough clarification of the various object relations theories to demonstratetheir evolution and continued significance for therapeutic practice.This volume includes elucidation of the major scholarship that has advanced the ideasof object relations theorists such as Fairbairn, Klein, Winnicott, Kernberg, and Kohut,since the publication of the first edition. A thorough and detailed new chapter devoted tothe emergence and development of relational psychoanalysis has been added to make thisvolume a state of the art articulation of current object relations thinking. The ideas andassumptions of each theory relative to metapsychology, psychopathology, and treatmentare expounded, alongside a critical evaluation of the strengths and limitations of eachapproach. With extensive use of historic case material, Summers shows how eaTrade Review'This scholarly, extraordinarily thorough review of object relations theories is a significantly updated version of Summers's first volume. Integrating theory and its clinical implications and locating each theory within its historical context, Summers helps the reader (whether beginning or advanced) to understand each theory's underlying assumptions and their implications for the clinical moment. A must-read for those interested in an in-depth understanding of the breadth of object relations thinking.'Joyce Slochower, PhD, ABPP'This book is a feast for the mind. Readers of all persuasions, from those new to psychoanalytic thought to those immersed in it for decades, will find nourishment on every page. The original edition was a tour de force; this revision is even better. Summers's improvements, especially his discussion of the relational movement, serve up contemporary psychoanalysis in all its depth and nuance. Simultaneously scholarly and readable, this volume emphasises the practical clinical implications of theory, helping us all to become better therapists.'Nancy McWilliams, emerita visiting professor, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology'Dr Summers not only carefully and clearly summarises major psychoanalytic theories, but also does what no other author has done: he articulately spells out the specific treatment implications of each theory he discusses. This alone makes his book extremely useful and even invaluable.'Morris Eagle, professor emeritus, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi UniversityTable of Contents1. The Origins of Object Relations Theories 2. Fairbairn and His Legacy 3. The Kleinian School 4. Winnicott and Related Theorists 5. The Work of Otto Kernberg 6. Self-Psychology 7. Relational Analysis 8. An Object Relations Paradigm for Psychoanalysis
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Taylor & Francis Extending the Psychoanalytic Listening Paradigm
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Taylor & Francis Online Psychoanalysis
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Taylor & Francis Alices Adventures in LacanLand
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Taylor & Francis Compassionate Relational Therapy
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Taylor & Francis Visual Narrative and Lacanian Psychoanalysis
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Taylor & Francis Patient Testimonies of Psychodynamic
Book SynopsisIn this unique and candid book, nearly forty patients offer straightforward, personal testimonies of their experiences in psychodynamic psychotherapy.Both remarkable and novel in its approach, Patient Testimonies of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy sees experienced psychoanalyst Mark Kinet give patients the space to speak for themselves. Each case study includes a first-person account of the patient's experience, allowing them to explore what they felt worked, and what did not, in each individual case. Bookended by a thorough introduction and conclusion outlining the approaches and outcomes of each case, the book allows the reader to explore methods with patients experiencing wide-ranging psychic difficulties, from trauma and addiction to anxiety and depression.This book offers psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and psychiatrists a rare opportunity to glimpse inside the minds of patients and explore the psychotherapeutic journey from an entirely new perspective.
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Taylor & Francis Expanding Psychoanalysis
Book SynopsisExpanding Psychoanalysis explores the work of the acclaimed psychoanalyst, writer, and activist Susie Orbach.The book studies Orbach's multifaceted career in five sections, examining her multitudinous contributions to the mental health profession, from the creation of feminist psychotherapy to the enhancement of media psychology, to the growth of political and social consultation. The book contains clinical, historical, and personal chapters, examining Orbach from a range of perspectives. Each chapter investigates a key aspect of Orbach's work and its impact on the professional, the social, and the personal level. The book concludes with an epilogue by Orbach herself.Expanding Psychoanalysis will be essential for all readers interested in the work of Susie Orbach.
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Taylor & Francis Critical Consciousness
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Taylor & Francis Psychoanalytic Objects Near and Far
Book SynopsisTouching upon the most sensitive nuances of the analytic encounter, Psychoanalytic Objects Near and Far combines a far-reaching theoretical manifesto with an intimate clinical journal to express curiosity, skepticism and love towards the psychoanalytic clinic, theory and history. Basic concepts and controversies that often become a conceptual ivory tower receive here a new and fresh vitality from the perspective of an experienced clinician, scholar and teacher, all while crossing the boundary of theoretical fantasy. While holding theory as central to the clinical act, Rolnik does not see it as a self-sufficient philosophy, detached from the free spirit of psychoanalysis as a practice and ethics. Rolnik has no need for iconoclasm. He is committed to the curative speech â his patientsâ and his own â as well as receptiveness to the unconscious space in the most Freudian sense of the word. This volume will be of great interest to analysts in practice and in training
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Taylor & Francis The Defenses in Psychoanalysis
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Taylor & Francis Psychoanalysis Through the Lens of Narcissism
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Taylor & Francis Navigating Intimate Relationships
Book SynopsisThis book spotlights the complexities of relationships, drawing on theories that have guided relationship scholars, classic studies, and current research- juxtaposed with the current Indian milieu. While some believe that the study of interpersonal relationships lacks academic rigor, this book argues that relationships not only play a critical role in human behaviour and development, but also are central to our well-being, happiness, and health.One of the first mainstream books in India to address relationships beyond the binary of man/woman, this volume presents an inclusive view of gender and sexuality, including non-heterosexual relationships. It also touches on multiple types of relationships in the 21st century, such as mixed families, singles, live in, living apart together (LAT), role of dating apps, and so on.This book would be useful to the students, researchers, and teachers of Psychology, Applied Psychology, Mental Health, Sociology, Family Studies, and othe
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Taylor & Francis Philosophy Meets the Infant
Book SynopsisInfancy research and philosophy explore âœfirst things,â yet few books bring the two fields into contact. Stephen Langfurâs Philosophy Meets the Infant integrates groundbreaking infancy studies of the last 50 years to offer a fresh exploration of our drive for human connection. He begins with a new understanding of self-awareness, which he locates in reciprocal attention between baby and caregiver. Instead of âœI think, therefore I am,â the new research supports âœYou attend, therefore I am.â The event of becoming self-aware through another is termed a âœYou-I Event.âThe idea is counterintuitive: we are perfectly self-aware when alone! To explain the change after infancy, Langfur makes transformative use of an old psychoanalytic finding. With the onset of language, a child internalizes (introjects) the most important Youâs, playing them toward herself in speech. Instead of the original You-I Event, we have its counterfeit in our heads. Nevertheless, a longing for the t
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Taylor & Francis Trauma Pedagogy and the College Mental Health
Book SynopsisTrauma, Pedagogy, and the College Mental Health Crisis argues that psychoanalytic theory and practice offers a solution to the large increase in students seeking mental health services.Robert Samuels returns to the roots of psychoanalysis, drawing from Freudâs and Lacanâs conceptions of hysteria and narcissism. This book examines the idea that the repression of psychoanalysis has resulted in a situation where students are being misdiagnosed and mistreated as the underlying structures shaping narcissism and hysteria are misrecognized. Samuels suggests that the more people are trained to focus on their own thoughts and feelings, the more they take on self-destructive thoughts and behaviors in a neurotic way and that psychoanalysis offers a solution.Trauma, Pedagogy, and the College Mental Health Crisis will be of interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, as well as mental health professionals working with adolescents and professionals working in higher education. It will also be relevant to readers interested in adolescent mental health, higher education, parenting, and politics.
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Taylor & Francis The Clinical Case in Psychoanalysis
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Taylor & Francis A New Approach to Synchronicity
Book SynopsisThis book offers an up-to-date handling of C. G. Jungâs Theory of Synchronicity and the more mainstream paranormal phenomena known as extra-sensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK), collectively referred to as âpsiâ.Author Lance Storm re-works various aspects of synchronicity, traditionally marginalized by parapsychologists, to bring about a paradigm shift in the field. Most often seen as fundamentally different, the book draws parallels between psi and synchronicity and equates the two, arguing that psi was all along a form of synchronicity â just as Jung had anticipated. To achieve this, Storm necessarily modifies both the parapsychologistâs view about psi, and Jungâs views about synchronicity, enabling a satisfactory merger of the two paranormal phenomena.Based on rigorous scientific research and written in an easy-to-understand style, this book is an important resource for specialists such as anomalistic psychologists, parapsychologists, philosophers, parano
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Taking Oneself Playfully
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Taylor & Francis Psychoanalysis in Play
Book SynopsisIn this book, Steven H. Cooper expands on his thinking of psychoanalysis as a form of play, and the implications of this for theory and clinical practice. The most important activities of the analyst as a usable object for the patient have to do with finding the patientâs creative elements of self. He illuminates this process of finding within both patient and analyst. Cooper illuminates how play processes occur in relation to such concepts as defense, temporality, and neutrality within the analytic situation. Along the way, he theorizes a complex, but usable clinical relationship between becoming and knowing in psychoanalytic work. With rich clinical vignettes and a fresh take on the nature and practice of psychoanalysis this book is key reading for all psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists.
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Taylor & Francis Airless Worlds and the Restoration of Psychic
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the recognition and psychoanalytic treatment of a debilitating form of early relational trauma poignantly described by Steven Stern as airless world syndrome. A patient can be said to be living in an airless world when one or both parents have failed to recognize, or worse, actively negated their childâs subjective experience and needs, instead imposing their subjective reality on the child such that the child had no choice but to adopt the parentsâ reality as their own. When a childâs mind is captured in this wayâwhat Stern calls identification with negationâthe result is an unconscious bondage to the internalized negating other which can be disabling to the senses of self, personal agency and realness. With extended clinical examples in every chapter, Stern brings the reader into the depths of each patientâs airless world and the co-created needed relationship that ultimately, fitfully transforms it.With rich clinical vignettes and in a detailed yet accessible style, this book is invaluable to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and in training.
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Taylor & Francis Using Psychoanalysis to Understand and Address AI Bias
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