Psychological theory & schools of thought books

This book widens our vision to the public domain, to consider the ways in which social institutions, culture and...  Read More >>

This book presents the life and work of one of the leading British social workers of the 20th century. The wife...  Read More >>

This book brings the insights of psychoanalysis to bear on drama in the western dramatic tradition. The authors...  Read More >>

The Embodied Self provides a practical and experiential working model for developing therapists' embodied attentiveness,...  Read More >>

An ambitious trainee therapist, determined to make her mark in the therapy world, seeks supervision and guidance....  Read More >>

What, from a psychoanalytic point of view, constitute the 'facts of life'? What are the stories that our professional...  Read More >>

This book brings together into one volume a number of articles that the author has written over the past 20 years,...  Read More >>

These papers - from a conference with the same title - includes work by Lawrence Weiskrant (highlighting the concerns...  Read More >>

Presents a detailed account of two analytic treatments viewed through the prism of creativity. This book contains...  Read More >>

Based on the results of a project based at the Tavistock Clinic in London, this title explores whether children...  Read More >>

"The baby's ""feeling of himself"" first arises in the midst of the earliest interactions with his parental partner,...  Read More >>

Provides a detailed description of the use of a psychoanalytically informed, reflexive research method to achieve...  Read More >>

The volumes consist of clinical cases that describe the process of psychoanalytic psychotherapy used to treat the...  Read More >>

This is a collection of occasional writings by Bion, covering a period between 1958 and 1979, which delve into a...  Read More >>

Divided into two parts, the first focuses on theoretical concepts with special reference to the structure of the...  Read More >>

Systems-Centered Practice presents a series of papers that trace the development of the theory of living human systems...  Read More >>

This book covers the groundbreaking concepts in attachment theory, as promulgated by Bowlby himself and during the...  Read More >>

Based on the 2nd International Psychoanalytic Conference: 'Aggression: From Fantasy to Action', held in May 2010,...  Read More >>

This book is not concerned with innovation in basic psychoanalytic concepts or techniques, but with the formulation...  Read More >>

The author approaches psychoanalytic technique from a classical theoretical framework, but he frequently gives an...  Read More >>

This book illustrates the unique systemic approach of the Ingers who are well-known teachers and co-founders of...  Read More >>

The author explores why the quality of their bodies is fundamental to women's psychology; how this may lead to self-mutilation;...  Read More >>

Features a critical evaluation of the contemporary DSM-diagnostic that shows that the lack of reference to an updated...  Read More >>

This book talks about transformation in a two-voice encounter resulting in a thought-provoking and rewarding read...  Read More >>

Second Thoughts is a collection of papers on Schizophrenia, Linking and Thinking, and his commentary upon them in...  Read More >>