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Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy,
ed. by Glen Gabbard, Judith Beck, and Jeremy Holmes,
Oxford University Press, 2005
List Price: $110.00
Book Description
With the publication of this book psychotherapy finally arrives at the
mainstream of mental health practice. This volume is an essential
companion for every practising psychiatrist, clinical psychologist,
psychotherapy counsellor, mental health nurse, psychotherapist, and
mental health practitioner. It is integrative in spirit, with chapters
written by an international panel of experts who combine theory and
research with practical treatment guidelines and illustrative case
examples to produce an invaluable book. Part One gives a comprehensive
account of all the major psychotherapeutic approaches. Parts Two and
Three systematically describe psychotherapeutic approaches to the major
psychiatric disorders and personality disorders. Many chapters are
multi-authored and describe the psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural and
other approaches for treating these illnesses. Part Four examines
applications and modifications of psychotherapy across the lifecycle.
Part Five describes psychotherapy with specific populations such as
medical patients and those where gender is an issue, and finally Part
Six tackles some of the special topics of concern to psychotherapists
including ethics, legal issues, and psychotherapy and neuroscience. The
first of its kind, this is a 'must have' volume for all trainee and
practising psychological therapists, whatever their background -
psychiatry, psychology, social work, nursing.
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Theories of Psychotherapy: Origins and Evolution,
ed. by Paul L. Wachtel,
American Psychological Association, 1997
List Price: $29.95
This accessible and scholarly text examines the five key theoretical
orientations in contemporary psychotherapy: psychodynamic, experiential,
cognitive-behavioral, family systems, and integrative. Distinguished
contributors lay out the major concepts that define these enduring
theories of psychotherapy, discuss the ideas of the theorists who have
expanded them, and describe the evolution of these central concepts over
time.
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Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory,
by Jay R. Greenberg, Stephen A. Mitchell,
Harvard University Press, 1983
List Price: $57.50
Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory offers a conceptual map of the
most difficult terrain in psychoanalysis as well as a history of its
most complex disputes. In exploring the counterpoint between different
psychoanalytic traditions, it provides a synthetic perspective that is a
major contribution to psychoanalytic thought.
The focal point of clinical psychoanalysis has always been the patient's
relationships with others. How do these relationships come about? How do
they operate? How are they transformed? How are relationships with
others to be understood within the framework of psychoanalytic theory?
Greenberg and Mitchell argue that there have been two basic solutions to
the problem of locating relationships within psychoanalytic theory: the
drive model, in which relations with others are generated and shaped by
the need for drive gratification; and various relational models, in
which relationships themselves are taken as primary and irreducible. The
authors provide a masterful overview of the history of psychoanalytic
ideas, in which they trace the divergences and the interplay between the
two models and the intricate strategies adopted by the major theorists
in their efforts to position themselves with respect to these models.
They demonstrate further that many of the controversies and fashions in
diagnosis and psychoanalytic technique can be fully understood only in
the context of the dialectic between the drive model and the relational
models.
The authors are both psychoanalysts in private practice in New York. Jay
Greenberg is a training and supervising analyst at the William Alanson
White Institute of Psychiatry Psychoanalysis, and Psychology, and a
clinical associate professor of psychology at New York University.
Stephen A. Mitchell is a supervising analyst and on the faculty of the
William Alanson White Institute, and a member of the faculty of the New
York University Post-Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis.
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Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought,
by Stephen A. Mitchell (Author), Margaret J. Black (Author)
HarperCollins Publishers; Reprint edition (August 1996)
List Price: $17.95
Freud's concepts have become part of our psychological vocabulary:
unconscious thoughts and feelings, conflict, the meaning f dreams, the
sensuality of childhood. But psychoanalytic thinking has undergone an
enormous expansion and transformation over the past fifty years.
- 1: Sigmund Freud and the Classical Psychoanalytic Tradition
- 2: Ego Psychology
- 3: Harry Stack Sullivan and Interpersonal Psychoanalysis
- 4: Melanie Klein and Contemporary Klein and Theory
- 5: The British Object Relations School: W. R. D. Fairbairn and D. W.
Winnicott
- 6: Psychologies of Identity and Self: Erik Erikson and Heinz Kohut
- 7: Contemporary Freudian Revisionists: Otto Kernberg, Roy Schafer,
Hans Loewald, and Jacques Lacan
- 8: Controversies in Theory
- 9: Controversies in Technique
- Notes
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
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An Introduction to Psychoanalysis: Contemporary Theory And Practice.,
by Anthony Bateman, Jeremy Holmes,
Routledge, 1995
List Price: $31.95
Part 1: Theory
1. Introduction: History and Controversy
2. Models of the Mind
3. Origins of the Internal World
4. Mechanisms of Defence
5. Transference and Countertransference
6. Dreams, Symbols, Imagination
Part II: Practice
7. Assessment
8. The Therapeutic Relationship
9. Clinical Dilemmas
10. Psychoanalytic Contributions to Psychiatry
11. Research in Psychoanalysis
Throughout they give a measured, critical appraisal of psychoanalytic
thought and practice; both its strengths and weaknesses .. I found it an
extremely helpful exposition of what analysts now think, why they think
it, and what they now do as a result.
- British Association of Counselling Practice
This extensively researched and usefully referenced book deserves the
place it aspires to as an introductory text.
- International Journal of Psycho-analysis
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. 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.
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An Introduction to Object Relations,
by Lavinia Gomez,
Free Associations Books, 1997
Object Relations places relationships at the centre of what it is to be
human. Its premise is that the human being is essentially social and
that our need for others is primary. Object Relations originated as the
British-based development of classic Freudian theory. Its early
proponents were Melanie Klein, Ronald Fairbairn, Donald Winnicott,
Michael Balint, Harry Guntrip and John Bowlby. In this critical
introduction to the subject, Lavinia Gomez presents the work of the main
theorists chronologically, enabling the reader to gain a sense of how
Object Relations develops and the ways in which the theorists build on,
diverge from and oppose each other's ideas. An understanding of concepts
emerges gradually as similar phenomena are examined though the eyes of
each theorist. A brief biography brings to life the persons behind the
theory, contributing to a deeper understanding and critical appreciation
of their ideas. The second part of the book addresses the application of
Object Relations in the practice of counselling and Psychotherapy; the
issue of integrating different approaches; and the challenges of working
across social and cultural groups and with borderline and psychotic
people. A final chapter examines the foundations of Object Relations.
Through written with students of psychotherapy and counselling in mind,
this lively and perceptive book will interest anyone wishing to explore
this fascinating field. Its strengths lie in its comprehensive coverage,
its openness to different theoretical orientations and critical
awareness of Object Relations as a culturally specific system of
thought.
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Self Psychology : An Introduction, by Peter A. Lessem, Jason
Aronson, 2005
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Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the
Clinical Process, by Nancy McWilliams, Guilford Press, 1994
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Psychoanalytic Case Formulation, by Nancy McWilliams, Guilford
Press, 1999
(10) Psychoanalytic Psychotherpay: A Practitioner's Guide, by Nancy
McWilliams, Guilford Press, 2004
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Short-Term Psychotherapy: A Psychodynamic Approach, by Alex Coren,
Palgrave, 2001.
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Qualitative Research in Counseling and Psychotherapy, by John
McLeod, SAGE Publications, 2001
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The Quest for Voice in Contemporary Psychoanalysis, by Carlo
Strenger, International Universities Press, 2002
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The Designed Self: The Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Identities,
by Carlo Strenger, Analytic Press, 2004
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Damaged Life (Critical Psychology), by Tod Sloan, Routledge, 1995
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Existential Therapies, by Mick Cooper, SAGE Publications, 2003
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The Resonance of Emptiness, by Gay Watson, Routledge, 2002
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Therapy Culture, by Frank Furedi, Routledge, 2003
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The Difficult Art: A Critical Discourse on Psychotherapy, by Aldo
Carotenuto, Chiron Publications, 1992