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Lover, Exorcist, Critic uses analogies to explain how mutative processes unfold. Psychoanalytic practitioners attend carefully to patients (thus the lover analogy), process their projections (via the exorcist), and critique problems in their life-long plot lines (via the critic).

Marisa Pelella Melega draws on a broad spectrum of clinical and observational work, gathered over many years as a practising and teaching psychoanalyst based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The role of symbol formation as a goal in psychoanalysis, and an indicator of developmental progress, has always been recognised. The post-Kleinian understanding of its operation has advanced since Bion's theory of thinking and Meltzer's elucidation of the role of 'dream life', which view the desire for knowledge as the resolution of emotional conflict, with symbol formation being the primary mental mechanism. Melega discusses illustrative examples from newborn infants, children of different ages, adolescents and adults, to illustrate her longstanding fascination with the process of symbol formation and its vicissitudes, including those transference moments at which symbols are forged during the analytic session.

It takes a village to raise a child but psychoanalysis has traditionally focused on the role of the family in shaping the individual. This wide-ranging collection shines a light on the influence of those outside the family circle: nannies, neighbors, school teachers, friends and playmates, clergy, adolescent peers, lovers, and professional mentors.

Two experts explore the human mind using psychoanalytic concepts brought to life through case examples. They establish core psychoanalytic ideas and show the many ways they are utilised. The easy-to-read prose makes this a book for students and clinicians of all therapeutic persuasions and for general readers interested in how the mind works.

In this compellingly written and meticulously researched new book, Professor Brett Kahr draws upon extensive unpublished archival sources and upon his four decades of oral history interviews to paint fascinating portraits of many of the icons of mental health.

This issue focuses on a wide-ranging view of cultural issues that underlie the work of psychoanalytic therapy, and that should equally inform training for that work.

The inaugural volume in the Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China journal series.

This book presents the concept of the schizoid process: those clients with a fragmented sense of self who struggle with internal criticism, shame, and relational withdrawal. An informative and therapeutically useful work, it is full of ideas to guide an understanding of the schizoid process and of how to engage a client's sense of self.

We are rooted in the experience of our feelings. We feel ourselves as persons. Such affects are not communicated but exchanged with others. Affects are crucial to our existence but little understood with myriad theories. This book brings together the confusion of what is known from a wide range of studies and transforms them into a coherent whole.

A presentation of fifteen case studies to explain the approach of integrative psychosomatics from a leader in the field. Mental and physical health are interconnected but remain within separate disciplines. This method allows a better understanding of the relationship between mind and body, the disorders which can arise, and how best to treat them.

A stunning collection of seminal papers, many never seen before, from transcripts of talks given to trainee analysts by W. R. Bion, James Gooch, James S. Grotstein, Arthur Malin, Albert Mason, Donald Meltzer, Herbert Rosenfeld, and Hanna Segal. Featuring an introduction from Frederick Vaquer and Jennifer Langham and a Foreword from Barnet D. Malin.

An eye-opening exploration of the symbiotic relationship between psychoanalysis and literature. Joachim Küchenhoff takes a bidirectional transdisciplinary approach to connect literature and literary criticism with psychoanalysis, investigating how the two realms can interact with one another to produce a richer experience of each.

A clear, concise, and enjoyable introduction to the wide-ranging work of Wilfred R. Bion, a true pioneer in the psychoanalytic world. Nicola Abel-Hirsch's encyclopaedic knowledge of her subject shines through in this easy-to-read primer. Perfect for students, academics, and professionals in the mental health, humanities, and social sciences fields.

A compelling collection from the International Dialogue Initiative (IDI) which showcases its groundbreaking work. Powerful emotions such as fear and powerful defenses against these emotions are at the heart of intractable conflicts. The IDI works towards a framework for understanding these intense feelings to bring opposing sides together.

Drawn from a major Freud Museum London conference, Freud/Lynch goes against the dubious cliché of finding Freudian solutions to Lynchian mysteries. With contributions from Olga Cox Cameron, Tamara Dellutri, Allister Mactaggart, Stefan Marianski, Richard Martin, Todd McGowan, Carol Owens, Chris Rodley, Jamie Ruers, Andrea Sabbadini, and Mary Wild.

A cutting-edge selection of essays to explore the growth of the incidence and prevalence of non-binary gender. With contributions from psychoanalytic experts and those with lived experience: Robin J. Ely, Francesca Ely-Spence, Oren Gozlan, Robin Haas, Daniel H. Jacobs, Malkah T. Notman, Lewis Harwood "Harry" Spence, Rita K. Teusch and Shari Thurer.

A searingly honest book that shifts the emphasis of clinical practice from psychoanalytic theory towards the analyst's subjectivity. By understanding their own therapeutic motivations, mishaps, and stumbles with patients, analysts can understand what impedes their capacity to face up to their feelings and the impact of this in the therapy room.

Much has been written about migration from a historic, economic and social perspective, but little has been written about it from a psychiatric or psychoanalytic point of view. Through the work of Frantz Fanon, BJF Laubscher and Wulf Sachs (psychoanalyst), Busetto explores philosophical and ethical problems, such as the relationship between the individual and society, culture and mental illness and the fraught question of race and difference.

In The Spirit of Psychotherapy, Holmes considers whether the principles which underpin religion this can be applied to the largely secular world of psychotherapy.