The rumour

Social theory and psychoanalysis in transition

Making a difference: setting up sustainable, community-based projects

Making a Difference is a book which aims to help bring about positive change within communities in England and Wales. It  is distinctive in being a practical ‘How To’ guide rather than a ‘Why Should’ argument. It provides a practical step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to set up a project or ...

Politics of attachment, the pb

Sharing a conviction that we all have a powerful need to belong, to be attached to people, places and projects, and that social and political processes must reflect that, the contributors to this volume provide a dialogue between the psychological and the social - a political grasp of human needs.

Rethinking the trauma of war

Breech birth

At last, a book on breech birth for parents, obstetricians, midwives and all who come into contact with women carrying breech babies. This book addresses the whole experience of breech from causes to turning techniques to the options for birth. It engages in the controversial debate on caesarean ...

The psychiatry of resolving schizophrenia psychoanalytically

The subject of schizophrenia tends to arouse people's deepest-seated fears of mental illness and this is especially so when it relates to a loved one or to personal experience. It therefore becomes particularly important that services organizing efficient, effective and capable care for individua...

Holding time

Informed by the author's work in dementia care and palliative care as a psychodynamic psychotherapist, Holding Time contributes to an increasing recognition of the importance and value of relationship-centred care in this field. Most of the book is written ethnographically and unfolds as a narrat...

Emotional truth

This book explores the importance of the philosophical dimension of emotions, turning the traditional relationship between emotions and philosophy upside down: instead of being one of many objects of philosophical thought, an emotion contains an inherent philosophical truth. For this thesis, the ...

The mature psychotherapist

Wyn Bramley has worked in the mental health field for more than 50 years. In this book, she invites experienced therapists and counsellors to consider becoming more self-directed practitioners. She advocates a coming together of the various disciplines as opposed to the old factionalism, believin...

Fine (not fine)

What happens when a new mother says she is "fine," but really she is not? Postnatal depression, an illness which affects four in ten new mothers, is still stigmatized, and devastatingly misunderstood. In this book, author Bridget Hargreave charts her own experiences of depression following the bi...

Hypnotherapy

In the 23 years since this book was first published, numerous books along the same lines have appeared. Techniques vary minimally, and very few discoveries or developments have been made in the field of using hypnosis in therapy. The research that has appeared largely confirms what has been known...

Life narcissism death narcissism

This English translation of Narcissisme de Vie Narcissisme de Mort covers Green's attempt to link the theory of narcissism to Freud's final theory of the drives. While narcissism is generally only considered in terms of its positive aspects in which it is linked to the life drives, Green shows th...

Opium and the people - revised edition

Clinical klein

In this book, the case histories of Melanie Klein and her followers are scrutinised, to examine both what the clinicians were noticing in their patients, and how they conceptualized those processes.

R d laing contemporary perspectives

This unique volume aims to re-establish R. D. Laings position, and reputation, as the major critic of orthodox, medically-based, psychiatry. Laings complex personality enabled powerful figures in the British psychiatric establishment to malign him when he was at the height of his fame, largely be...

Child abuse psychotherapy and the law

The alchemy of performance anxiety

With mental health increasingly in the spotlight, this book offers a new perspective on anxiety. The focus of this book is on the application of psychological alchemical practice to address, explore, and examine the nature and cause of anxiety in order to tackle and overcome it. Scientific, artis...

Diachrony in psychoanalysis

Legal intimidation

SLAPPS (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation), well known in the USA, are on the increase in the United Kingdom. SLAPPS are court actions taken by powerful or wealthy individuals or organizations against ordinary people who seek to express their views and to take part in the decision-m...

Asylum years: back to the future?

Has the legacy of the asylum era impacted on the thinking that underpins health policy today? Evidence gathered here from a number of people who worked in an asylum 50 years ago suggests that there is considerable inheritance from the institutional times that reinforce current mental health polic...

Making death thinkable

Mans perception of the finite nature of life is always present, resulting in anxieties of varying intensity, depending on the persons character and on the phases of life he is going through. De Masi is aware of the philosophical, sociological, religious or mystical approaches to the problem of de...

Masud khan

Few psychoanalysts from the latter half of the twentieth century have been as intellectually prolific, charismatic and ultimately scandalous as Masud Khan. Clinical practice and teaching went alongside his authoring over 60 published papers, as well as numerous reviews, and editing significant po...

Single session family staging

Origins of love & hate pb (revised)

The Origins of Love and Hate has long had an underground reputation within psychoanalysis. It is one of the most passionate arguments for a therapeutic practice based on the physician's love for the deeply deprived patient. It also advocated a view of human nature congruent with the findings of m...

The way up after your breakup

When you're going through a break-up it can sometimes seem a mystery as to why it actually happened. It can seem baffling and for some of us, the most pressing issues are 'Why did this happen? We seemed so happy...' or 'I knew we had problems but thought we'd sort them out'. Without finding answe...

The cry of mute children

'Ilany Kogan has written a powerful and astute book on the psychoanalytic treatment of the offspring of Holocaust survivors, drawing on her experience of being an analyst to some of their sons and daughters. Through an in-dept, sensitive presentation of eight analyses conducted with children of s...

Judo with words

A handbook for verbal self-defense, this book describes techniques of protecting and defending oneself effectively in challenging communication situations and how to shorten hostile interchanges and to stop provocations. The author draws on two main sources: insights gained from the training she ...

Healing drama

A priest's affair

This is the story of a Roman Catholic priest in the grip of a new fanaticism the bigotry that gripped many priests in the wake of the Second Vatican Council and of his consequential sudden descent into madness. It is also an exploration of deeper existential questions concerning the nature of per...

The dynamics of the social

Continuing the themes of Containing Anxiety in Institutions, Menzies Lyth reflects on a variety of social situations: the dynamics of the Fire Brigade, conflicts between psychiatric hospitals and the communities that they serve and family patterns of consumption. The collection concludes with a s...

Collaborative learning

Beyond beige

“I am old. There was no warning: one minute I was young and the next I tipped into the world of old women. This book is about the joys and horrors of our old age. It will show you the uncensored reality of my experience and that of women who confided in me. You will find humour, despair, and some...

A psychometrics primer

The dynamics of the social, volume ii

Why in the world not? an introduction to daseinanalysis

Why in the world not? aims to make daseinanalysis accessible to the English-speaking reader while retaining cross-references to the original texts, many of which were written in German. The author does not assume prior familiarity with daseinanalysis, a modality of psychotherapy based on Martin H...

The scientification of love

Love has been the realm of poets, artists, and philosophers throughout history, until recently, where it has been studied from a number of scientific perspectives. What the scientists are missing, argues author Michel Odent, is that love is vital as a strategy for the survival of the human race. ...

Compendium of lacanian terms

Dictionary of kleinian thought

This book contains 13 main entries on the basic Kleinian concepts - splitting, paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions, projective identification, envy, internal objects - along with numerous entries on subsidiary concepts and the main post-Kleinian writers - Bion, Segal, Rosenfeld, Joseph and...

Creativity and perversion

This is the best single account of the psychoanalysis of creativity, pseudo-creativity and the perverse mind. The author explores art, film and literature to show the relations between true creativity and the artful universe of the pervert.

Change intervention and consequence

Semen book, the pb

Psychoanalysis and mental handicap

In 1996, twenty-five psychoanalysts from seven different countries emerged from their quiet isolation to meet for a three day conference in Belgium to exchange ideas about psychoanalysis and handicap. The result was this ground breaking book, in which a renowned international group of writers con...

Psychoanalysis at its limits

Sigmund freud and the jewish mystical tradition

Win. lose. repeat.

Chris Stringman gambled, and lost, 130,000 ($162,468), destroying his savings, losing his car and almost his house, but he managed to escape his addiction just before he fell over the precipice. This is not a book about how to win; rather, it is a book about how not to lose. It is essentially a s...

Sodom and gomorrah

Born beautiful

Jane Teverson expertly explains how counselling theory can be used by parents throughout the child’s life, from infancy to adolescence, and makes a case for compassionate parenting. With helpful summaries at the end of each chapter and real, usable advice alongside examples for parents, Born Bea...

Kitchen therapy

Kitchen Therapy explains the rationale behind the use of food - cooking and eating it - as a therapeutic endeavour. Rather than focusing on physical nutrition, Kitchen Therapy directs attention onto the way we feed ourselves within social and nurturing environments, using the cooking process to u...

Performance and purpose in dying and death

This book addresses the dying process and the nature of death itself with the intention that it might help us to accept and embrace both these things as a part of life. Intended to provide a shift in perception, this book aims to alleviate some of the fear, resistance and denial surrounding death...

Martin heidegger's impact on psychotherapy (2nd ed.)

Martin Heidegger’s Impact on Psychotherapy is the first comprehensive presentation in English of the background, theory and practice of Daseinsanalysis, the analysis of human existence. It is the work of the co-founding member of a radical re-envisioning of psychoanalysis initiated by the work of...

Dads don't babysit

By turns informative and irreverent this book takes a new approach to tackling gender inequality in the home and at work, focusing on dads being entitled to a bigger role in parenting. It presents the barriers men face to being active dads – from sexist security guards to Tory MPs and even Homer ...

Now what? education, career and life choices: how to plan, adapt and embrace your inner entrepreneur in the post-covid world

Now What? Is a reference book and guide offering practical advice to teenagers as they approach the key decisions regarding their futures, whether it be careers, university, apprenticeships or something else. The follow up to the No. 1 bestselling Amazon career guide, ‘Is your school lying to you...

Win. lose. repeat: my life as a gambler, from coin-pushers to financial spread-betting

Chris Stringman gambled, and lost, £130,000, destroying his savings, losing his car and almost his house, but he managed to escape his addiction just before he fell over the precipice. This is not a book about how to win, rather a book about how not to lose – essentially a self-help book for the...

Is there a cure for masculinity

Have you ever wondered? * Why it's so hard to get close to a man. * Why don't men express emotions except big ones like anger and frustration? * Why most perversion is male; why most pornography is produced by men for men? Risk taking is male; drinking, drug taking, gambling and infidelity are pr...

The silly thing

The Silly Thing is an account of a woman's acceptance of and struggle with living and dying with a grade 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer of the brain. It is told from the perspective of her daughter, Esther Ramsay-Jones, a psychotherapist and academic.

Day by day

The impact of finding out your child is disabled can be wide ranging. The author’s experience as a psychologist and parent of a disabled child informs this book which focuses on what helps, and hinders, parent-carers’ emotional wellbeing.

Radical revenge

The author explores some of the most egregious examples of radical revenge in contemporary society, including mass shootings, internet trolling, revenge porn, and contemporary populist politics.

Pull yourself together, man

Pull Yourself Together, Man is written as a simple, usable guide on how to find some effective rhythms and healthy habits in your life. It offers ideas and thoughts to help people better manage their own emotional health. It contains stories, lists and ideas, as well as top tips and anecdotes.  T...

Is your school lying to you? get the career you want. get the life you deserve.

The world is changing. Education is changing, but careers and university advice isn't, and more than that it hasn't for the last 30 years. The teachers we are entrusting with our children's futures lack the essential skills and experience to competently advise them - a view that is also held by e...

What you've got is what you want - even if it hurts

Intended for those who are troubled by their lives and want to make changes but don’t know where to begin, this is a book about relationships. It is not intended as a self-help book, but as one which will encourage the reader to really think about themselves and the way they act - how their behav...

Why men hate women

What makes a man like John, in every respect a cultured and charming man, successful in his career and liked by his friends and acquaintances, behave violently towards a woman he says he loves? Is he sick? Is he different from other men? Is it, as he says, Jane's fault? Does she like being beaten...

Take charge of your diet

This is a short, accessible workbook offering a new approach to weight loss based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Rather than proposing a particular diet, the workbook offers practical tools to help slimmers adhere to whatever plan they have chosen.

Once a mother, always a mother

From the author of A Wedding in the Family, Annette Byford continues her examination of how mothers experience life changes in family contexts and how it impacts their sense of who they are.  The book picks up the theme of family transitions and moves it to the wider focus of what happens to a fa...

Understanding the depressions

In this new title from Wyn Bramley, many different views on causation and treatment are explored. The emphasis is on real people's experiences from all aspects of the depressions - sufferers, helpers, family and friends - not a self-help work but an all-encompassing aid to understanding this comm...

Living for two

Twin loss presents a unique sense of grief for the surviving twin.  This book addresses the topic of twin loss through sensitive, in-depth interviews with surviving twins. The loss of one’s twin presents a unique sense of grief in that twins have shared their lives with each other from their ver...

A wedding in the family

A Wedding In The Family provides a psychological analysis of the wedding phenomenon.

Last stop

Drawing on first-hand experience as a participant-observer in a skilled nursing facility Last Stop records the vicissitudes of care in an institutional setting for people with advanced dementia and Parkinson’s. The erosion of mind and memory is mirrored in the nursing home’s location, a small tow...

That why child

This text records the experiences, over 50 years, of psychotherapist Carol Jeffrey. It describes her work with children with special needs, which eventually led to the establishment of the Child Guidance Service, and details her entering into a long Jungian analysis with Michael Fordham.

Hypnotherapy

This book both meets the needs of beginners, and serves as a reference source for the more experienced. All the treatment programmes have been used and are fully illustrated with case studies.