Introduction to Psychoanalysis: Contemporary Theory and Practice

by Anthony W. Bateman, Jeremy Holmes, Elizabeth Allison

What is psychoanalysis? Is it relevant to today's mental health crisis? How can psychoanalysis help people suffering from psychological distress and illness? This vital new book examines how psychoanalysis has changed since its inception, and how it has adapted to the needs and concerns of 21st-century mental health professionals and patients.



The first part of this book provides a concise and unbiased account of the origins of psychoanalysis, and the theories which characterise the main post-Freudian schools - neo-Freudian, Kleinian, interpersonal, self-psychological, Lacanian - and the ways in which they agree and diverge. The second part uses clinical illustrations to examine the practicalities of psychoanalytic technique in the consulting room - assessment, free association, dream analysis, transference, and counter-transference. Whatever their allegiance or role, mental health professionals - psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, child mental health professionals, mental health nurses - need to be conversant with the strengths, relevance, and limitations of the psychoanalytic approach.



This book provides an indispensable, up-to-date, and accessible account of psychoanalysis today. Shaped throughout by considering the viewpoint of an interested 21st-century reader, it is of great interest to psychoanalysts and related mental health professionals, as well as students and all those interested in the treatment of mental health.

Genres: Psychology, Psychoanalysis

342 pages, ebook

First published October 26, 1995

Reviews

[Γιώργος Γεωργόπουλος · Rating 5 out of 5]

Πολύ καλό εγχειρίδιο για τις έννοιες, τις σχολές και τα πρόσωπα της ψυχανάλυσης. Απαραίτητο σε όποιον θέλει να ασχοληθεί με το αντικείμενο.

[Saeid soheili · Rating 3 out of 5]

«درآمدی نو بر روان‌کاوی» به خوبی به مباحث گسترده‌ای در روانکاوی می‌پردازه اما در هردو بخش نظریه و درمان جای روانکاوی فرانسوی (و نه فقط لکان) خیلی خالیه.

[Niousha mokhtari · Rating 3 out of 5]

یکی از بهترین آثار در زمینه کار عملی روان‌کاوی برای درمان‌گران تحلیلی،
آنتونی بیتمن و حرمی هلمتز در این اثر به بررسی چند زمینه مهم و کلیدی در نظریه روانکاوی و اختلاف نظریه پردازان در مورد آنها می پردازد و همچنین چالش های امروز در مواجعه با این موارد را نیز بررسی می‌کند و شاید این مورد یکی از شگفت انگیز نقاط این کتاب باشد
همجنین در بخش دوم هم مواردی را در حوزه درمان روان کاوی به همان شکلی که در بالا گفته شد بررسی می‌کند .
یکی از نقاط ضعف اثر به نظر من طرد یکی از بزرگ ترین و مهم ترین مکاتب فرویدی یعنی مکتب روانکاوی فرانسوی است
و دومین ضعف اثر گفتمان غالب علوم دقیقه ای است که بر کل اثر حاکم است. و شاید فروید خود بهترین پاسخ را امروز به ما می‌دهد که با تمام انتقادات علوم دقیقه ای ها بر منطق روان‌کاوی همچنان هم:
«هر آن که چشمی برای دیدن و گوشی برای شنیدن دارد شاید به ناگزیر بر آن شود که هیچ میرنده‌ای را توان پرده‌پوشی نیست. آن که بر لبانش مهر سکوت می‌زند، با سر انگشتانش به سخن می‌آید.»

[Colton · Rating 4 out of 5]

An almost too brisk sprint through over a hundred years of psychoanalytic development. Never a good place to stop, therefore. If you're going to do it, you'll need to keep going.

[Alliza · Rating 5 out of 5]

It lays out the beginnings of psychoanalysis as a theory and how it was developed into a psychotherapy/practice. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychodynamic theory, moulds the foundation of this so-called "talking therapy" and incorporates analysis and interpretation of dreams which postulates unconscious desires; that attempts to surface reality. After Freud's death all his works reached intellectuals- some from his circle and others outside the field- build on from his theories and add their own analyses. The book also highlights several relevant concepts that are commonly involved in psychoanalysis, for instance, the case of transference and countertransference, assessment interviews and research into the reliability and efficiency of the practice in the attempts to improve patient's mental and physical health (application in the NHS). I would recommend this to people who are interested in psychodynamic theory and those who are thinking about pursuing a degree in counselling psychology, to have a go at reading this general introduction to the practice of psychoanalysis.

[Piergiorgio · Rating 5 out of 5]

It contains historical concepts, as well as theoretical and technical too. Synthesis, clarity and completeness are the qualities of this book, which is a pleasure to read. You can learn a lot from it, especially if you know nothing about theory and technique...Let's say it's a useful introduction, but I think that, as an introduction, it is complete (it touches all the major and fundamental concepts).

[LRKK · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best introduction to psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory and practice I have read, and I have read many. While tilted towards Classical thinking, and a little shaky on their understanding of Relational Psychoanalysis and Self Psychology, the authors are thoughtful and respectful, though not reverential, of all analytic perspectives. Highly recommended.

[Tom Coates · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty useful book for people who read Freud in a more theoretical, cultural studies or philosophical direction to get a sense of how people actually practice psychoanalysis today. You don't have to believe in Freud to learn something from it.

[Paul Johnston · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an introductory book but it seems to me that it offers a fairly comprehensive account of psychoanalysis and I found it both interesting and helpful. It shows the range of views that exist and related them to each other in interesting ways.