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A collection of contemporary material by an international selection of contributors on the subjects of transference and countertransference.

"The Couch and the Silver Screen" is a collection of original contributions which explore European cinema from psychoanalytic perspectives. Both classic and contemporary films are presented and analysed by a variety of authors, including leading cinema historians and theorists and psychoanalysts.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of Winnicott¿s original work and highlights the specifics of his contribution to the concept of early psychic development, which revolutionised the theory and practice of psychoanalysis.

Bridges the work of Winnicott and Lacan, putting forward a theory of psychosis based on children's early experiences.

In this definitive guide, Meir Perlow looks in detail at how the various psychoanalytic schools of thought have conceptualised mental objects. A welcome clarification of a complex but central area.

This volume examines the unconscious significance of the feelings of psychosomatic vertigo, and traces the origins of emotional vertigo to inner anxieties around separartion which are connected with movements in space and time as well as demonstrating the links between anxiety and pleasure in the experience of vertigo.

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Maternal Lineage highlights various psychological aspects of the mothering experience. Clinical examples and theoretical research show that the transgenerational repetition of distressing mothering patterns can be successfully broken with professional help.

This book explores some of the ways which Tustin's work has enabled psychoanalytic clinicians to enter into the elemental domain of sensation: what Bion called the 'proto-mental' area of the psyche-soma.

This book explores some of the ways which Tustin¿s work has enabled psychoanalytic clinicians to enter into the elemental domain of sensation: what Bion called the `proto-mental¿ area of the psyche-soma.

Since 1962, Betty Joseph has been chairing a workshop which has constituted an important contribution to psychoanalytic thinking. This book is a celebration of Betty Joseph's work, and the work of a group of analysts who have joined her.

Explores how Bion's work is used in contemporary settings; how his ideas have been applied at the level of the individual, the group and the organisation; and which phenomena have been made more comprehensible through the lenses of his concepts. This book is suitable for psychoanalysts, and psychotherapists.

Eric Rayner has written an incisive and much needed introduction to the work of Matte Blanco, using vivid clinical examples to explain key concepts.

Explores how Bion's work is used in contemporary settings; how his ideas have been applied at the level of the individual, the group and the organisation; and which phenomena have been made more comprehensible through the lenses of his concepts. The book is suitable for psychoanalysts, and psychotherapists.

Quinodoz brings together the views of eminent analysts, to present a comprehensive approach to the experience of loneliness - anxiety about which commonly leads people to analysis and which stems from unresolved anxiety about separation.

The work of Michael Balint, a leading object-relations theorist, has been neglected since his death in 1970. This book re-establishes his major contributions to psychoanalysis.

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of Sandler's contribution to the development of psychoanalysis, focusing on his method of combining psychoanlaytic theory and clinical practice.

Investigated how people who come to analysis appear quite 'ordinary' on the surface, but how below that surface there is something quite unexpected: 'extra-ordinary protections' created to keep at bay any awareness of traumatic events.

Following Freud-Klein's death in 1939, the radical theories of Melanie Klein were the subject of prolonged controversy and fierce debate within the British Psychoanalytical Society. At the time, individuals fought passionately in support of their positions. This title offers the record of the debate, including relevant papers and correspondence.

Presents a collection of essays exploring films from a psychoanalytic perspective, focussing specifically on the representation of loss in European cinema. This book also explores other themes familiar to psychoanalytic discourse, such as establishment and resolution of Oedipal conflicts and representation of pathological characters on the screen.

Steiner utilises Kleinian theory to analyse those patients who have organised object relationships and defences into complex, rigid internal struc- tures. Using clinical examples he examines these psychotic organisations and suggests a therapy.

Offering a different perspective on the subject of religion and psychoanalysis, this book is useful for psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic therapists and psychodynamic counsellors. It attempts to answer questions, such as: How do religious stories carry (or distort) psychological truth? How do religions 'work', psychologically? And more.

Offering a different perspective on the subject of religion and psychoanalysis, this book is useful for psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic therapists and psychodynamic counsellors. It attempts to answer questions, such as: how do religious stories carry (or distort) psychological truth? How do religions 'work', psychologically? And more.

Judith Trowell and Alicia Etchegoyen, along with an array of renowned contributors, consider the importance of fathers in various situations.

A collection of writings which show how the same conflicts between life and death instincts, fantasy and reality, are experienced in the consulting room, reflected in literature, and demonstrated by nations in their attitudes to war.

This volume contains essays which were originally intended as a series of lectures for the general public, outlining the basic ideas of psychoanalysts Melanie Klein and Wilfred Bion and examining their theories and ideas in the setting of contemporary analysis.

A collection of case studies from analysts who have treated patients who have committed serious acts of violence either against others or themselves.

Betty Joseph's work has influenced the development and theory of psychoanalytic technique in the Kleinian tradition. This is a collection of her most important papers, in which the topics include projective identification and unconscious fantasy.