This companion text to Introduction the Reading of Lacan focuses on the concept of the psychic structures of desire. Using case examples, Dor explains the crucial difference between symptomsówhich can be phenomenologically graspedóand the actual psychic structure of the subjectówhich can be revealed only through the discourse of the patient in the psychoanalytic situation. Th...(展开全部)

In the English-speaking psychoanalytic world, few diagnostic categories are as controversial as hysteria. This concept, widely held to reflect outmoded cultural prejudices against women, has virtually disappeared from our theoretical literature, diagnostic manuals, and training programs. However, far from being gender-bound, hysteria for Jacques Lacan represents a psychic str...(展开全部)

This lucid, philosophically sophisticated book is the first account of Lacan's development in its intellectual-historical context, the first account of the philosophical significance of his theory, and to date the best introduction to his thought. Beacuse Lacan is—the author argues—a superme assimilator, a son of his times, and thus the most representative French intellectual s...(展开全部)

The Fourth Edition of the classic Clinical Interviewing by John and Rita Sommers-Flanagan reflects current research in the field as well as an important expansion of multicultural content throughout. Fully revised, this invaluable text will help you sharpen your counseling skills with thoughtful insight into critical interviewing techniques that will result in more effectiv...(展开全部)

Examines fundamental concepts of the later Lacan. This book includes essays by some of the finest practicing analysts and teachers of psychoanalysis in the Lacanian community today. The writings offer an essential introduction to the later teachings of Jacques Lacan, illuminate the theoretical developments introduced by the later Lacan, and explore their clinical implications w...(展开全部)

[From metapsychology online review:] The Cambridge Companions are a success. Not only has the original series, Companions to Literature, grown to over 100 publications since its launch in the eighties, but there are now Companions to philosophy, religion, music and national cultures, too. All books across the disciplines begin with a chronology and end with a selected bibliog...(展开全部)

A collection of papers focusing on the Kleinian conception of the Oedipus complex, how this is now understood, and what effect it has had on clinical practice.

Psychoanalysis seen through Bion's eyes is a radical departure from all conceptualizations which preceded him. In this major contribution to the series Makers of Modern Psychotherapy, Joan and Neville Symington concentrate on understanding Bion's concepts in relation to clinical practice. Although the book is written especially for the clinician who is trying to see the app...(展开全部)

Taking us into and beyond the realm of Freudian psychoanalysis, Lacan examines the psychoses' inescapable connection to the symbolic process through which signifier is joined with signified. Lacan deftly navigates the ontological levels of the symbolic, the imaginary, and the real to explain psychosis as "foreclosure," or rejection of the primordial signifier. Then, bridging th...(展开全部)