Dreams have captivated human imagination throughout the time. However, in the year 1900, dreams also gained an important place in psychotherapy when Sigmund Freud proposed that dreams were the royal road to the unconscious. The following book presents an overview of the history of dreams and discusses the shift from the use of latent content to that of the manifest content during dream analysis. Additionally, various methods of dream interpretation, the functions of dreams, differing schools of thought on the utility of dreams, typical dreams, and the biological challenge to dream theory are discussed. From antiquity, the universal phenomena of dreaming has captivated human imagination, confused human logic, and controlled human endeavors. Dreams have been regarded as very important, as messages from the gods, predictive of the future, expiatory of guilt, and the voice of conscience. Shamans, seers, and saints have used dreams to discern the source of sickness or to set the course of nations. Poets, philosophers, and playwrights have sought to plumb the depths of dreams in order to lure audience or readers into the world of fantasy, to play the strings of the emotions, and to recall the unthinkable. Cognitive, information processing, and neuroscientists find in dreams brain activity that can help understand REM, memory consolidation, and the "unconscious" state.

The book is an in depth exploration of four categories that can define human experience. No prior book has tied the four conditions together or related them to faulty parenting.

First published in 1991. This monograph is number 2 of the Society for Psychoanalytic Training series and Dr. Lane and his colleagues seek to further understanding of the complexities of the supervisor-supervisee relationship and provide illumination regarding the many different patterns of learning and achieving, as well as blocking and failing.

In 1909, G. Stanley Hall, the founder of the American Psychological Association, invited Sigmund Freud, Sandor Ferenczi, Carl Jung, and Ernest Jones to Clark University to present their understanding of psychoanalysis. Although their presentations were enthusiastically received by many, the discrepancy with what was then considered the mainline American psychological thought was too great and the two fields remained separate.
The formation of the Division of Psychoanalysis in 1979 -- seventy years later -- had as a major goal a rapprochement between psychoanalysis and psychology. Analytically trained psychologists and those seeking training have responded with enthusiasm to the formation of the Division, which now numbers 3,500 members in thirteen short years.
This volume records the history of the Division and the seminal contributions of its founding members. It describes the dynamic tensions that have existed over the years between differing clinical and theoretical concepts of psychoanalysis leading to creative dialogue.

First published in 1991. This monograph is number 2 of the Society for Psychoanalytic Training series and Dr. Lane and his colleagues seek to further understanding of the complexities of the supervisor-supervisee relationship and provide illumination regarding the many different patterns of learning and achieving, as well as blocking and failing.

Dreams have captivated human imagination throughout the time. However, in the year 1900, dreams also gained an important place in psychotherapy when Sigmund Freud proposed that dreams were the royal road to the unconscious. The following book presents an overview of the history of dreams and discusses the shift from the use of latent content to that of the manifest content during dream analysis. Additionally, various methods of dream interpretation, the functions of dreams, differing schools of thought on the utility of dreams, typical dreams, and the biological challenge to dream theory are discussed. From antiquity, the universal phenomena of dreaming has captivated human imagination, confused human logic, and controlled human endeavors. Dreams have been regarded as very important, as messages from the gods, predictive of the future, expiatory of guilt, and the voice of conscience. Shamans, seers, and saints have used dreams to discern the source of sickness or to set the course of nations. Poets, philosophers, and playwrights have sought to plumb the depths of dreams in order to lure audience or readers into the world of fantasy, to play the strings of the emotions, and to recall the unthinkable. Cognitive, information processing, and neuroscientists find in dreams brain activity that can help understand REM, memory consolidation, and the "unconscious" state.

Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate among mental illnesses and are some of the most difficult disorders to treat. Perhaps some of the difficulty in treating eating disorders is the result of a lack of understanding of the complex issues that contribute to the development and maintenance of the pathological symptoms and behavior. This book offers a comprehensive look at eating disorders from a psychodynamic perspective. There are three chapters dedicated to Bulimia, five chapters dedicated to Anorexia, and several chapters devoted to related issues and case presentations. The etiology, dynamics, and symptomology of eating disorders are considered in the context of faulty ego-functioning, separation-individuation issues, disturbed object relations, and underlying anger that results from traumatic early experiences and traumatic relationships with parental figures. The close relationship between eating disorders and self-mutilation is explored in detail. As the mothers of anorexics have been described as controlling and rejecting while the fathers have been described as absent and emotionally unavailable, their role in the development of anorexia is also discussed. Three final chapters contain case discussions that illustrate the typical patient presentation, transference and countertransference barriers, and the themes that arise in the lives of the patient and in treatment. The book ends with a summary from the editors and commentary on the pertinent issues related to treatment.

This book offers a developmental approach to psychotherapy. The initial chapters discuss the therapeutic frame and related topics, followed by six chapters covering childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Later chapters are dedicated to testing, supervision, and termination. The book covers the life cycle and provides a comprehensive summary of the material that a clinical psychologist should be familiar with.

The book stresses the philosophy that revenge and negativity are the result of poor parenting. Mother, for a variety of reasons, is not available to the infant, and father is missing. The four conditions of the book title are related to the faulty parenthood as well as being related to each other. The first eight chapters present the author's orientation and philosophy. There are six chapters dedicated to the exploration of envy, entitlement, and revenge, followed by six chapters on negativity. The final chapter of the book ties the book together.