ABSTRACT
The need for a concise, comprehensive guide to the main principles and practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy has become pressing as the psychoanalytic movement has expanded and diversified. An introductory text suitable for a wide range of courses, this lively, widely referenced account presents the core features of contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice in an easily assimilated, but thought-provoking manner. Illustrated throughout with clinical examples, it provides an up-to-date source of reference for a wider range of mental health professionals as well as those training in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy or counselling.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |135 pages
Theory
chapter |24 pages
Introduction: History and Controversy
chapter |22 pages
Models of the Mind
chapter |27 pages
Origins of the Internal World
chapter |19 pages
Mechanisms of Defence
chapter |23 pages
Transference and Countertransference
chapter |18 pages
Dreams, Symbols, Imagination
part |123 pages
Practice