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Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 4,370 ratings — published 1994
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Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 12,187 ratings — published 1917
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Civilization and Its Discontents Civilization and Its Discontents (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 46,165 ratings — published 1930
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The Interpretation of Dreams The Interpretation of Dreams (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 83,546 ratings — published 1899
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Childhood and Society Childhood and Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,581 ratings — published 1950
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 939,419 ratings — published 1946
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Beyond the Pleasure Principle Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 5,946 ratings — published 1920
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The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis (Seminar of Jacques Lacan) The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis (Seminar of Jacques Lacan)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,870 ratings — published 1973
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The Ego and the Id The Ego and the Id (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 12,804 ratings — published 1923
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Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.63 — 8,285 ratings — published 1905
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Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 43,529 ratings — published 1989
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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 173 ratings — published 2010
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 91,510 ratings — published 1990
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Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 1,576 ratings — published 1981
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Man and His Symbols Man and His Symbols (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 36,180 ratings — published 1964
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 40,301 ratings — published 1962
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Psychodynamic Techniques: Working with Emotion in the Therapeutic Relationship Psychodynamic Techniques: Working with Emotion in the Therapeutic Relationship (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 189 ratings — published 2009
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Jung: A Biography Jung: A Biography (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 317 ratings — published 2003
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Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 1,162 ratings — published 2004
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New Ways in Psychoanalysis New Ways in Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 170 ratings — published 1939
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Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.72 — 577 ratings — published 1903
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How Does Analysis Cure? How Does Analysis Cure? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 76 ratings — published 1984
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Why Do I Do That? Why Do I Do That? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,483 ratings — published 2012
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Art Therapy Art Therapy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.02 — 54 ratings — published 2004
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Distinction Distinction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 3,779 ratings — published 1979
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Internal Racism: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Race and Difference (Palgrave Psychotherapy) Internal Racism: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Race and Difference (Palgrave Psychotherapy)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 2011
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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind The Power of Your Subconscious Mind (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 91,838 ratings — published 1963
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Totem and Taboo Totem and Taboo (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 11,765 ratings — published 1913
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All About Love: New Visions All About Love: New Visions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 153,778 ratings — published 1999
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The Red Book: A Reader's Edition The Red Book: A Reader's Edition (Imitation Leather)
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avg rating 4.40 — 902 ratings — published
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Self-Analysis Self-Analysis (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 954 ratings — published 1942
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Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,705 ratings — published 1950
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Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.11 — 21,299 ratings — published 2018
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Shame and Grace Shame and Grace (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.62 — 13 ratings — published
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Transforming Experience in Organisations: A Framework for Organisational Research and Consultancy Transforming Experience in Organisations: A Framework for Organisational Research and Consultancy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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Hoarding: What Everyone Needs to Know® (What Everyone Needs To KnowRG) Hoarding: What Everyone Needs to Know® (What Everyone Needs To KnowRG)
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avg rating 3.60 — 48 ratings — published
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Social Chemistry: Decoding the Elements of Human Connection Social Chemistry: Decoding the Elements of Human Connection (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 971 ratings — published 2021
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The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 9,266 ratings — published 2021
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The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 625 ratings — published 2000
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Eating Disorders: A Contemporary Introduction Eating Disorders: A Contemporary Introduction (ebook)
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avg rating 4.25 — 20 ratings — published
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On Dialogue On Dialogue (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 1,269 ratings — published 1996
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When Family Businesses are Best: The Parallel Planning Process for Family Harmony and Business Success When Family Businesses are Best: The Parallel Planning Process for Family Harmony and Business Success (ebook)
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avg rating 4.06 — 17 ratings — published 2009
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The Hedgehog Effect: The Secrets of Building High Performance Teams The Hedgehog Effect: The Secrets of Building High Performance Teams (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.68 — 34 ratings — published 2011
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Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 6,816 ratings — published 2020
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The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 1,182 ratings — published 2017
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Living with the "Gloria Films": A Daughter's Memory Living with the "Gloria Films": A Daughter's Memory (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 74 ratings — published 2013
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Socioanalytic Methods: Discovering the Hidden in Organisations and Social Systems Socioanalytic Methods: Discovering the Hidden in Organisations and Social Systems (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 2013
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The Leadership Mystique: A User's Manual The Leadership Mystique: A User's Manual (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 89 ratings — published 2001
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Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 9,471 ratings — published 2020
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The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know (ebook)
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avg rating 3.71 — 17,425 ratings — published 2014
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Irvin D. Yalom
“No matter how close each of us becomes to another, there remains a final, unbridgeable gap; each of us enters existence alone and must depart from it alone.”
Irvin D. Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy

“If we look again at these four patterns—alternation between victim and victimizer roles, identification with the aggressor and subsequent guilt, self-blame, and the seeking of object contact through perverse or violent means—we see that each is based on a psychological contradiction. It is intolerable to live life as a victim: one is weak and powerless. But it is equally intolerable to live life as the perpetrator, for then one deserves all manner of punishment. It is intolerable to be completely alone and unconnected. But it is equally intolerable to seek relationship through perversion or violence. It is intolerable to be a passive and helpless victim. But it is painful to escape from this helplessness by believing that you caused and deserved abuse. The escape from passivity is achieved by feeling inescapably bad inside. The abused child struggles, then, with what truly are dilemmas, both of logic and of life.”
Stephen Prior, Object Relations in Severe Trauma: Psychotherapy of the Sexually Abused Child

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