In this volume, internationally acclaimed psychoanalysts, philosophers, and scholars of humanities examine the mind-body problem and provide differing analyses on the nature of mind, unconscious structure, mental properties, qualia, and the contours of consciousness. Given that disciplines from the humanities and the social sciences to neuroscience cannot agree upon the nature of consciousness-from what constitutes psychic reality to mental properties, psychoanalysis has a unique perspective that is largely ignored by mainstream paradigms. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the mind-body problem in various psychoanalytic schools of thought, including philosophical and metapsychological points of view. Psychoanalysis and the Mind-Body Problem will be of interest to psychoanalysts, philosophers, neuroscientists, evolutionary biologists, academics, and those generally interested in the humanities, cognitive science, and the philosophy of mind.

* Offers a practical overview of 28 crucial concepts in Marxist theory as developed and integrated by Jacques Lacan. * Opens up new possibilities of discourse within the academic field for considering Marxist economic, philosophical, epistemological, political and sociological concepts within the context of Lacan's readings. * Demonstrates the importance of Marxist concepts to Lacanian psychoanalytic practice. * Brings together a broad range of international contributors on the cutting edge of researching Marxist / Lacanian encounters. * Will appeal to psychoanalysts as well as academics and researchers in a broad range of fields.

* It discusses the strategies of psychoanalysis and Patanjali's Yoga to retrace the development of individuals to help overcome sufferings. * It introduces the Yogic concept of the Prati-Prsava and indicates how it parallels Freud's view of regression. * Will be of interest to students, teachers, researchers and practitioners of psychology, psychoanalysis, and Yoga Psychology. It will also be of great interest to psychologists, counsellors, mental health professionals, clinical psychologists, yoga enthusiasts and those interested in transpersonal psychology

Highly practical, clinical focus * Looks at the most common problems for which therapists see teens and young adults * Takes a very broad psychoanalytic/psychotherapeutic perspective

Highly practical, clinical focus * Looks at the most common problems for which therapists see teens and young adults * Takes a very broad psychoanalytic/psychotherapeutic perspective

Dany Nobus is a leading figure in Lacanian psychoanalytic studies. Presented in three interlinked parts. Studies areas which have previously been neglected.

Dany Nobus is a leading figure in Lacanian psychoanalytic studies. Presented in three interlinked parts. Studies areas which have previously been neglected.

In this unusual and much-needed reappraisal of Freud's clinical technique, M. Guy Thompson challenges the conventional notion that psychoanalysis promotes relief from suffering and replaces it with a more radical assertion, that psychoanalysis seeks to mend our relationship with the real that has been fractured by our avoidance of the same. Thompson suggests that, while avoiding reality may help to relieve our experience of suffering, this short-term solution inevitably leads to a split in our existence.

M. Guy Thompson forcefully disagrees with the recent trend that dismisses Freud as an historical figure who is out of step with the times. He argues, instead, for a return to the forgotten Freud, a man inherently philosophical and rooted in a Greek preoccupation with the nature of truth, ethics, the purpose of life and our relationship with reality. Thompson's argument is situated in a stunning re-reading of Freud's technical papers, including a new evaluation of his analyses of Dora and the Rat Man in the context of Heidegger's understanding of truth.

In this remarkable examination of Freud's technical recommendations, M. Guy Thompson explains how psychoanalysis was originally designed to re-acquaint us with realities we had abandoned by encountering them in the contest of the analytic experience. This provocative examination of Freud's conception of psychoanalysis reveals a more personal Freud than we had previously supposed, one that is more humanistic and real.

This book proposes new perspectives on relational wellness and the contemporary family-combining a psychoanalytic overview with scientific research about the burgeoning popularity of divorce, the increase in "stepfamilies," and the use of social networks as well as other technologies. In this day and age, psychoanalysis has become increasingly interested in hyper-modern scenarios; for example, social networks and apps provide matching algorithms, which allow users to connect with people of similar interests. These networks have become one of the places where dissatisfied partners seek "more satisfactory situations." In the United Kingdom, cohabitation lasts for up to two years, on average, and 40% of marriages end in divorce. In the United States, the percentage rises: it has now reached 50%. Today the value of temporariness, in which everything is fragmented, is exalted. On the other hand, is it wrong to deny the natural ebb and flow of human feeling?

* Links between philosophy and psychoanalysis remain very popular * First book to cover therapeutic aspects of Spinoza's work specifically * Covers key aspects of analytic theory and clinical practice

* Links between philosophy and psychoanalysis remain very popular * First book to cover therapeutic aspects of Spinoza's work specifically * Covers key aspects of analytic theory and clinical practice

Accessible introduction to the work of Christopher Bollas, one of the most eminent psychoanalytic figures in the world. Concludes with a reconsideration of Bollas' concept of the unthought known both in the consulting room and in political and social conflicts in civic life. Examines pivotal concepts in Bollas' metapsychology.

Includes all the leading figures in the Jungian world, including Donals Kalsched, Fanny Brewster and Joe Cambray. Two volumes, but each one is standalone. Each volume includes a lengthy introduction by the author, and each piece is introduced by its author, explaining why it was chosen.

Includes all the leading figures in the Jungian world, including Susan Rowland, Sonu Shamdasani and Renos Papadopoulos. Two volumes, but each one is standalone. Each volume includes a lengthy introduction by the author, and each piece is introduced by its author, explaining why it was chosen.

Includes all the leading figures in the Jungian world, including Donals Kalsched, Fanny Brewster and Joe Cambray. Two volumes, but each one is standalone. Each volume includes a lengthy introduction by the author, and each piece is introduced by its author, explaining why it was chosen.

Includes all the leading figures in the Jungian world, including Susan Rowland, Sonu Shamdasani and Renos Papadopoulos. Two volumes, but each one is standalone. Each volume includes a lengthy introduction by the author, and each piece is introduced by its author, explaining why it was chosen.

Demystifying Meaningful Coincidences (Synchronicities): The Evolving Self, the Personal Unconscious, and the Creative Process offers an original theory of the nature of meaningful coincidences (synchronicities) and their practical use from a naturalistic (nonsupernatural and non-Jungian) perspective. The findings are the outgrowth of Gibbs A. Williams's forty-year investigation, both as a professional observer of some of his synchronicity prone patients receiving psychoanalytic psychotherapy as well as of his own intimate experience of these intellectually challenging and emotionally powerful occurrences. His naturalistic perspective is in marked contrast to the findings of Jung and his followers, who view these odd events as "channeled" messages from a transcendent realm of spiritual reality. Instead, Williams concludes that meaningful coincidences are the surface manifestations of an individual's unique creative process, accommodating the "best" available resolution of a problem for a person initially feeling "stuck" in a seemingly intractable dilemma. While his analysis robs the magic associated with only reacting to the "numinous uncanny aura" associated with synchronicities, it nevertheless affirms a wondrous appreciation for the creative capacities of each person to order his or her own chaos. Readers are treated to a rich mine of historical data, novel concepts, and theoretical insights drawn from speculative philosophy, depth psychology, and esoteric occult and spiritual traditions, and they are shown how to decode their own synchronicities in order to be able to use their embedded "messages" for increased self-awareness, cohesiveness, and expanding consciousness.

The Psychic Home: Psychoanalysis of Consciousness and the Human Soul develops, from a number of different viewpoints, the significance of home in our lives. Roger Kennedy puts forward the central role of what he has termed a 'psychic home' as a vital psychic structure, which gathers together a number of different human functions. Kennedy questions what we mean by the powerfully evocative notion of the human soul, which has important links to the notion of home and he suggests that what makes us human is that we allow a home for the soul. As an illustration of this concept he explores how it can help to understand a vital element of William Wordsworth's development as a poet. The word soul is both abstract and yet also powerfully emotive. Kennedy shows that it can be approached from a number of different angles, from psychoanalysis, philosophy, religion, sociology, literature and neuroscience. The Psychic Home, discusses the mysteries and complexities of the soul, and aims to evoke some restoration of its place in our thinking. It illustrates how the word soul and similar key words, such as spirit and inwardness, express so much that is essential for humans, even if we cannot be too precise about their meanings. Insightful, enlightening and broad reaching, The Psychic Home brings the concept of the soul centre stage as an entity that is elemental, an essence, irreducible, and what makes us human as subjects of experience. It will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, neuroscientists, philosophers and those interested in spirituality and religion.

- there is currently little literature on Fordham so this book will fill a gap, particularly as it is so aptly clinically orientated - will be especially popular in Britain, where Fordham originated

Looks at a range of different sources, both institutional and private, usual and unusual, that can be used in writing the history of psychiatry and interrogates and analyses how they can be used so that the reader can get a sense of the range and complexity of the subject. Every student of history has to engage with sources and the history of medicine is very solidly popular - it will be useful for students to see how historians use different sources to interrogate one aspect of the history of medicine. There is nothing out there that discusses the range and breadth of sources available for the study of such a subject that is often difficult to interrogate at other than an institutional level, but which is becoming increasingly important.

Looks at a range of different sources, both institutional and private, usual and unusual, that can be used in writing the history of psychiatry and interrogates and analyses how they can be used so that the reader can get a sense of the range and complexity of the subject. Every student of history has to engage with sources and the history of medicine is very solidly popular - it will be useful for students to see how historians use different sources to interrogate one aspect of the history of medicine. There is nothing out there that discusses the range and breadth of sources available for the study of such a subject that is often difficult to interrogate at other than an institutional level, but which is becoming increasingly important.

- there is currently little literature on Fordham so this book will fill a gap, particularly as it is so aptly clinically orientated - will be especially popular in Britain, where Fordham originated

Psychoanalytic study of our connection with the environment. Discusses the climate crisis, waste and wastefulness. Includes analysis of Freud's contradictory thoughts about the relationship between humans and nature.

Draws on a range of major theorists - Bick, Freud, Klein, Tustin, Bion and Meltzer * Offers a fresh new perspective on the importance of early psychic development in childhood and later life * Covers new theoretical and clinical material