This is the best single account of the psychoanalysis of creativity, pseudo-creativity and the perverse mind. The author explores art, film and literature to show the relations between true creativity and the artful universe of the pervert.
This pioneering study shows that it is possible to establish a dialogue with a psychotic child and that schizophrenia in small children in treatable.
In this account of their research, the authors describe the anxiety, loneliness and despair of young children in hospital, foster homes and institutions in Britain in the... Læs mere
Taking in many different perspectives, this book sheds light on the many aspects of postnatal depression in fathers - an unknown subject to many... Læs mere
This second edition of the continues to meets both the needs of beginners, and serves as a reference source for the more experienced. All the treatment programmes have been used and are fully illustrated with case studies.
With maternal love as the prototype for all types of love, Odent examines the short, but critical time just after birth which has long-term consequences for our future... Læs mere
Contains information that contributes to our understanding of twin relationships as well as twin loss.
The author, a French psychoanalyst and thinker, draws attention to the work of the negative in Freud, examining aspects such as dream works and the work of mourning. The "work of the negative" refers to how we cope, or do not cope, with the inevitability of lacking what we want.
McDougall looks at people who react to psychological distress through somatic manifestations, and at the psychosomatic potential of individuals in those moments when habitual psychological ways of coping are overwhelmed, and the body pantomimes the mind's distress.
A combination of memoir, case-studies, and a diverse range of perspectives from medical professionals, this book presents a... Læs mere
This introduction to object relations presents the work of the main theorists chronologically, enabling the reader to gain a sense of how the subject developed. The... Læs mere