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Based on experience of analytic practice and illustrated by fascinating clinical material, this book addresses what the authors call the work of figurability as a way of outlining the passage from the unrepresentable to the representational.

Translation is at the heart of psychoanalysis: from unconscious to conscious, experience to verbal expression, internal to enacted, dream thought to dream image, language to interpretation, unrepresented to represented, and transference of past to present.

"This book is a translation of a work previously published in French by aEditions Ithaque, Paris, France as Quelle psychanalyse pour le XXIaeme siaecle? (2016)"-- Title verso.

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.

Translation of the author's Tormenti di anime.

A seminal work on one of the most neglected topics in psychoanalysis, that of affect. Originally published in French as Le Discours Vivant, it is considered a classic in the psychoanalytic world.

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

Psychic Bisexuality: A British-French Dialogue clarifies and develops the Freudian conception according to which sexual identity is not reduced to the anatomical difference between the sexes, but is constructed as a psychic bisexuality that is inherent to all human beings.

Psychic Bisexuality: A British-French Dialogue clarifies and develops the Freudian conception according to which sexual identity is not reduced to the anatomical difference between the sexes, but is constructed as a psychic bisexuality that is inherent to all human beings.

Offers a psychoanalytical framework for clinicians to use in everyday general psychiatric practice, and discusses how psychoanalytic ideas can be of great value when used in the treatment of seriously disturbed and disturbing psychiatric patients with psychoses, including both schizophrenia and the affective disorders.

Uses clinical material such as detailed reports of sessions, together with clients' analytic histories to develop Bion's original findings and illustrate complex concepts in the field of psychoanalytic technique.

This collection of essays explore the concept of the 'dead mother' which refers to the process of mourning that takes place in the child following maternal depression, when the child experiences the loss of love.

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.

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

Almost a year since the publication of The Interpretation of Dreams, this anthology brings together key issues from Europe and America and invites the reader to consider new perspectives on the dream that have emerged since then.

Winner of the 2013 Sigourney Award!The Telescoping of Generations is an original perspective on the nature of narcissism, exploring how the traumatic experiences of previous generations influence the mechanisms involved in the transmission of narcissistic links between

The first study of its kind, From Fetus to Child shows how observational and psychoanalytic data can offer different but complementary insights in attempting to answer fundamental questions about human development.

The Freud-Klein Controversies 1941-45 offers the first complete record of the extraordinary debates centering around the radical theories of Melanie Klein after Freud's death in 1939.

Offering an international perspective on the masculing and feminine interplay of body and psyche in psychoanalysis, this book fills a considerable gap in the literature, providing a classic text for psychoanalysis and gender studies.

The author's clinical work on psychoanalysis, specifically her ideas on symbolism, aesthetics, dreams and the exploration of psychotic thinking, are examined in this text. Theories and clinical examples are combined and applied to create original studies of art and aesthetics.