Psychoanalysis - Performance Tests

The essays collected here theorize the relation of unconscious fantasy and perversion to discourses of nation, identity, and history in Japan. By reading a variety of cultural productions as symptomatic elaborations of unconscious and symbolic processes rather than as indexes to cultural truths, the..

Phenomenology, Uncertainty, and Care in the Therapeutic Encounter..

Phenomenology, Uncertainty, and Care in the Therapeutic Encounter..

This volume brings together 14 classic papers by interpersonal pioneers. Collectively, these papers not only demonstrate the coherence and explanatory richness of interpersonal psychoanalysis; they anticipate the emphasis on relational patterns and analy..

This title explores the importance of play in the life of the individual and in society. It shows the importance of play in relation to survival in warfare and traumatic times...

Playing Hard at Life..

The heart and strength of Cohen's book is her vivid documentation of hands-on encounters with horrendously traumatized inner city teenagers, whose  understandable hostility and resistance rendered them poor candidates for treatment of any kind. ..

Gedo's pathbreaking exploration of the psychology of creativity incorporates first-hand material drawn from his extensive clinical work with artists, musicians, and other exceptionally creative individuals. Using this body of clinical knowledge as concep..

Gedo's pathbreaking exploration of the psychology of creativity incorporates first-hand material drawn from his extensive clinical work with artists, musicians, and other exceptionally creative individuals. Using this body of clinical knowledge as concep..

Provides a collection of the work that has been informed by the ideas of the eminent family therapist and clinical psychologist, Dr David Campbell who died in August 2009. This book shows the value of simply expressed ideas applied in complex circumstances and can be welcomed by many different reade..

Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy have, in one way or another, focused on the amelioration of the negative. This has only done half the job; the other half being to actively bring Positive Experience into patients’ lives. Positive Psychoanalysis moves away from this traditional focus on negative expe..

Predatory Priests, Silenced Victims..