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🩺 Psychoanalytic Practice

Grounded in the consulting room, these works explore the art and discipline of conducting psychoanalysis — the silences, interpretations, and transformative encounters between analyst and patient.
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis
by Bruce Fink • 1997
The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.
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🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis🏷️ Psychoanalytic Diagnosis
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis Summary
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis 93%
The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.
by Bruce Fink 1997
4.37
828 ratings
🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis🏷️ Psychoanalytic Diagnosis
The Shadow of the Object
by Christopher Bollas • 1987
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
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🧸 Object Relations Theory🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis👶 Early Infant Experience
The Shadow of the Object Summary
The Shadow of the Object 93%
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
by Christopher Bollas 1987
4.51
196 ratings
🧸 Object Relations Theory🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis👶 Early Infant Experience
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored
by Phillips • 1993
What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.
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825
🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory🛋️ Everyday Psychoanalysis👶 British Object Relations
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored Summary
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored 93%
What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.
by Phillips 1993
3.74
825 ratings
🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory🛋️ Everyday Psychoanalysis👶 British Object Relations
Freud and Beyond
by Stephen A. Mitchell • 1995
One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.
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📜 History Of Psychoanalysis⚖️ Comparative Psychoanalysis🧸 Object Relations
Freud and Beyond Summary
Freud and Beyond 92%
One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.
by Stephen A. Mitchell 1995
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2k+ ratings
📜 History Of Psychoanalysis⚖️ Comparative Psychoanalysis🧸 Object Relations
The Matrix of the Mind
by Thomas H. Ogden • 1986
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
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🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory👶 Object Relations♒ Kleinian Theory
The Matrix of the Mind Summary
The Matrix of the Mind 92%
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
by Thomas H. Ogden 1986
4.35
151 ratings
🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory👶 Object Relations♒ Kleinian Theory
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
by Patricia Coughlin • 1996
Weeks, not years. A psychodynamic method that confronts defenses for lasting character change.
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🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy⏱️ Short-Term Therapy🛡️ Defense Mechanisms
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Summary
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy 92%
Weeks, not years. A psychodynamic method that confronts defenses for lasting character change.
by Patricia Coughlin 1996
4.46
48 ratings
🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy⏱️ Short-Term Therapy🛡️ Defense Mechanisms
The Primitive Edge of Experience
by Thomas H. Ogden • 1989
Older than thought, a sensory psychological mode forms the self. Its isolation makes the mind rigid.
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🧩 Object Relations🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🌫️ Primitive Mental States
The Primitive Edge of Experience Summary
The Primitive Edge of Experience 92%
Older than thought, a sensory psychological mode forms the self. Its isolation makes the mind rigid.
by Thomas H. Ogden 1989
4.41
105 ratings
🧩 Object Relations🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🌫️ Primitive Mental States
Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
by Glen O. Gabbard • 1990
The psychiatry textbook that builds treatment from unconscious patterns, not symptom checklists.
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🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy📋 Psychodynamic Formulation👶 Object Relations
Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice Summary
Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 92%
The psychiatry textbook that builds treatment from unconscious patterns, not symptom checklists.
by Glen O. Gabbard 1990
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354 ratings
🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy📋 Psychodynamic Formulation👶 Object Relations
Learning from Experience
by Wilfred R. Bion • 1962
Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.
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🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🍼 Object Relations🌡️ Affect Regulation
Learning from Experience Summary
Learning from Experience 92%
Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.
by Wilfred R. Bion 1962
4.19
135 ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🍼 Object Relations🌡️ Affect Regulation
Freud
by Ruth Snowden • 2010
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
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🛋️ Psychoanalysis🧠 The Unconscious💭 Dream Interpretation
Freud Summary
Freud 92%
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
by Ruth Snowden 2010
3.68
590 ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalysis🧠 The Unconscious💭 Dream Interpretation
Life Lessons From Freud
by Brett Kahr • 2013
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
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🛋️ Psychoanalysis🗣️ Talk Therapy🧠 Unconscious Mind
Life Lessons From Freud Summary
Life Lessons From Freud 92%
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
by Brett Kahr 2013
3.50
476 ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalysis🗣️ Talk Therapy🧠 Unconscious Mind
Becoming a Therapist
by Suzanne Bender • 2002
From first phone call to final session: the words and reasoning behind every clinical moment.
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🌱 New Therapists🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🤝 Therapeutic Alliance
Becoming a Therapist Summary
Becoming a Therapist 91%
From first phone call to final session: the words and reasoning behind every clinical moment.
by Suzanne Bender 2002
3.97
183 ratings
🌱 New Therapists🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🤝 Therapeutic Alliance
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan
by Jacques Lacan • 1998
The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.
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🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory📚 Continental Philosophy🌑 The Unconscious
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan Summary
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan 91%
The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.
by Jacques Lacan 1998
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2k+ ratings
🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory📚 Continental Philosophy🌑 The Unconscious
Every Day Gets A Little Closer
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1991
Two diaries, one therapy room: what the patient hid and what the therapist really thought.
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🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy🌌 Existential Psychotherapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Every Day Gets A Little Closer Summary
Every Day Gets A Little Closer 91%
Two diaries, one therapy room: what the patient hid and what the therapist really thought.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1991
3.76
3k+ ratings
🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy🌌 Existential Psychotherapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Practising Existential Psychotherapy
by Ernesto Spinelli • 2007
Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.
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🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice📚 Clinical Training🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Practising Existential Psychotherapy Summary
Practising Existential Psychotherapy 91%
Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.
by Ernesto Spinelli 2007
4.26
88 ratings
🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice📚 Clinical Training🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Reaching Through Resistance
by Allan Abbass • 2015
Symptoms are defenses against buried rage, guilt, and grief. The method to break through.
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85
🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy💔 Attachment Trauma🧍 Somatic Experiencing
Reaching Through Resistance Summary
Reaching Through Resistance 91%
Symptoms are defenses against buried rage, guilt, and grief. The method to break through.
by Allan Abbass 2015
4.38
85 ratings
🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy💔 Attachment Trauma🧍 Somatic Experiencing
Co-Creating Change
by Jon Frederickson • 2013
Target the real-time sequence of feeling, anxiety, and defense that produces every symptom.
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193
🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🛡️ Defense Mechanisms😰 Anxiety Regulation
Co-Creating Change Summary
Co-Creating Change 91%
Target the real-time sequence of feeling, anxiety, and defense that produces every symptom.
by Jon Frederickson 2013
4.59
193 ratings
🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🛡️ Defense Mechanisms😰 Anxiety Regulation
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology
by Eve Caligor • 2018
Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.
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38
🧠 Personality Disorders🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy👥 Object Relations
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology Summary
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology 91%
Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.
by Eve Caligor 2018
4.79
38 ratings
🧠 Personality Disorders🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy👥 Object Relations
Personality Development and Psychopathology
by Norman Cameron • 1985
Symptoms as compromise: how unconscious conflict and childhood shape personality and pathology.
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15
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🧩 Psychopathology🛡️ Defense Mechanisms
Personality Development and Psychopathology Summary
Personality Development and Psychopathology 91%
Symptoms as compromise: how unconscious conflict and childhood shape personality and pathology.
by Norman Cameron 1985
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15 ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🧩 Psychopathology🛡️ Defense Mechanisms
Playing and Reality
by D.W. Winnicott • 1971
Creativity begins not in genius or instinct but in the space where a child first plays.
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🧸 Object Relations Theory🇬🇧 British Psychoanalysis👶 Child Psychoanalysis
Playing and Reality Summary
Playing and Reality 91%
Creativity begins not in genius or instinct but in the space where a child first plays.
by D.W. Winnicott 1971
4.20
3k+ ratings
🧸 Object Relations Theory🇬🇧 British Psychoanalysis👶 Child Psychoanalysis
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
by Sigmund Freud • 1917
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
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📜 Freudian Psychology🕳️ Unconscious Mind🛌 Dream Interpretation
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis 91%
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
by Sigmund Freud 1917
3.79
12k+ ratings
📜 Freudian Psychology🕳️ Unconscious Mind🛌 Dream Interpretation
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler
by Alfred Adler • 1920
A felt sense of inferiority powers all striving. The healthy path channels it into contribution.
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🧠 Psychodynamic Theory🏥 Clinical Psychology🌱 Humanistic Psychology
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler Summary
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler 91%
A felt sense of inferiority powers all striving. The healthy path channels it into contribution.
by Alfred Adler 1920
4.06
782 ratings
🧠 Psychodynamic Theory🏥 Clinical Psychology🌱 Humanistic Psychology
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism
by Otto F. Kernberg • 1975
Borderline is a stable pathology, not a transient phase. Splitting locks its contradictions apart.
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🧠 Personality Disorders👤 Object Relations🛡️ Defense Mechanisms
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism Summary
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism 91%
Borderline is a stable pathology, not a transient phase. Splitting locks its contradictions apart.
by Otto F. Kernberg 1975
4.2
203 ratings
🧠 Personality Disorders👤 Object Relations🛡️ Defense Mechanisms
What Is Madness?
by Darian Leader • 2011
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
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🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🌪️ Psychosis💭 Delusion
What Is Madness? Summary
What Is Madness? 91%
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
by Darian Leader 2011
4.14
531 ratings
🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🌪️ Psychosis💭 Delusion
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought
by Erich Fromm • 1979
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
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🔬 Psychoanalytic Theory📚 Intellectual History🏛️ Frankfurt School
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought Summary
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought 91%
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
by Erich Fromm 1979
3.79
220 ratings
🔬 Psychoanalytic Theory📚 Intellectual History🏛️ Frankfurt School
The Psychology of Love
by Sigmund Freud • 2006
Your love life is a childhood script, buried in the unconscious and acted out in symptoms.
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🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory📋 Case Studies💭 Dream Interpretation
The Psychology of Love Summary
The Psychology of Love 91%
Your love life is a childhood script, buried in the unconscious and acted out in symptoms.
by Sigmund Freud 2006
3.33
869 ratings
🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory📋 Case Studies💭 Dream Interpretation
Schema Therapy
by Jeffrey E. Young • 2003
When standard CBT isn't enough, the answer lies in healing the wounded core through relationship.
4.47
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🧩 Psychotherapy Integration🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🔗 Attachment-Based Therapy
Schema Therapy Summary
Schema Therapy 91%
When standard CBT isn't enough, the answer lies in healing the wounded core through relationship.
by Jeffrey E. Young 2003
4.47
870 ratings
🧩 Psychotherapy Integration🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🔗 Attachment-Based Therapy
The Gift of Therapy
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2003
Therapy's true instrument is the therapist. Lessons on using your own presence, not just protocols.
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🧠 Psychotherapy Practice⏳ Existential Psychotherapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
The Gift of Therapy Summary
The Gift of Therapy 90%
Therapy's true instrument is the therapist. Lessons on using your own presence, not just protocols.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2003
4.32
30k+ ratings
🧠 Psychotherapy Practice⏳ Existential Psychotherapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
The New Black
by Darian Leader • 2008
What if depression is stalled mourning? The dead we cannot release may be the real cause.
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🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🖤 Mourning And Loss💭 Freudian Thought
The New Black Summary
The New Black 90%
What if depression is stalled mourning? The dead we cannot release may be the real cause.
by Darian Leader 2008
4.05
713 ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🖤 Mourning And Loss💭 Freudian Thought
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1967
The group heals more than any therapist alone. The architecture that makes it work.
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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics🔄 Interpersonal Psychology⚡ Existential Psychotherapy
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy Summary
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy 90%
The group heals more than any therapist alone. The architecture that makes it work.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1967
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10k+ ratings
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics🔄 Interpersonal Psychology⚡ Existential Psychotherapy
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
by Eric Berne • 1961
Three selves run every conversation: a clinical method for tracking who's really talking and why.
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🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🧩 Parts Work🔄 Relational Patterns
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy Summary
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy 90%
Three selves run every conversation: a clinical method for tracking who's really talking and why.
by Eric Berne 1961
4.11
754 ratings
🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🧩 Parts Work🔄 Relational Patterns
Borderline Bodies
by Clara Mucci • 2018
Personality disorders are stored in the body before language. That means the cure cannot be words.
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9
🛋️ Clinical Psychology👶 Attachment Theory🧒 Developmental Trauma
Borderline Bodies Summary
Borderline Bodies 90%
Personality disorders are stored in the body before language. That means the cure cannot be words.
by Clara Mucci 2018
4.56
9 ratings
🛋️ Clinical Psychology👶 Attachment Theory🧒 Developmental Trauma
Mentalizing in Clinical Practice
by Jon G. Allen • 2008
All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.
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39
🧸 Attachment Theory🧠 Social Cognition🌊 Affect Regulation
Mentalizing in Clinical Practice Summary
Mentalizing in Clinical Practice 90%
All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.
by Jon G. Allen 2008
4.31
39 ratings
🧸 Attachment Theory🧠 Social Cognition🌊 Affect Regulation
Freud
by Marc Pepiol • 2015
Reason rides in the back seat. Freud's tour of the real drivers: hidden desire, guilt, and dreams.
3.97
250
🛋️ Psychoanalysis🧠 Unconscious Mind🌙 Dream Interpretation
Freud Summary
Freud 90%
Reason rides in the back seat. Freud's tour of the real drivers: hidden desire, guilt, and dreams.
by Marc Pepiol 2015
3.97
250 ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalysis🧠 Unconscious Mind🌙 Dream Interpretation
Mothers of Psychoanalysis
by Janet Sayers • 1991
Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.
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25
🔬 Psychoanalytic Theory🧩 Object Relations Theory🛡️ Ego Psychology
Mothers of Psychoanalysis Summary
Mothers of Psychoanalysis 90%
Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.
by Janet Sayers 1991
4.20
25 ratings
🔬 Psychoanalytic Theory🧩 Object Relations Theory🛡️ Ego Psychology
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
by Gerald Corey • 2004
Twelve ways to do therapy, one truth: the therapist heals with who they are, not what they know.
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📚 Psychotherapy Theories🎓 Counselor Education💞 Therapeutic Relationship
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy Summary
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy 90%
Twelve ways to do therapy, one truth: the therapist heals with who they are, not what they know.
by Gerald Corey 2004
3.98
2k+ ratings
📚 Psychotherapy Theories🎓 Counselor Education💞 Therapeutic Relationship
The Making of a Therapist
by Louis Cozolino • 2004
Grad school taught technique. This teaches how to sit with pain without losing yourself.
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🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🧘 Therapeutic Presence🪞 Countertransference
The Making of a Therapist Summary
The Making of a Therapist 90%
Grad school taught technique. This teaches how to sit with pain without losing yourself.
by Louis Cozolino 2004
4.38
2k+ ratings
🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🧘 Therapeutic Presence🪞 Countertransference
Psychotherapy
by Tom Burns • 2015
Talk therapy's warring schools, from Freud to CBT, all depend on one common ingredient.
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🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🕰️ History Of Psychiatry
Psychotherapy Summary
Psychotherapy 90%
Talk therapy's warring schools, from Freud to CBT, all depend on one common ingredient.
by Tom Burns 2015
3.73
164 ratings
🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🕰️ History Of Psychiatry
Missing Out
by Adam Phillips • 2012
Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.
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📝 Psychoanalytic Essays📚 Literary Psychology💭 Regret And Identity
Missing Out Summary
Missing Out 90%
Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.
by Adam Phillips 2012
3.47
3k+ ratings
📝 Psychoanalytic Essays📚 Literary Psychology💭 Regret And Identity
The Mindful Therapist
by Daniel J. Siegel • 2010
Therapy changes brains: cultivating the mindful presence that reconnects neural pathways.
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🧠 Clinical Psychology🧘 Psychotherapy Practice🛡️ Mindfulness In Therapy
The Mindful Therapist Summary
The Mindful Therapist 90%
Therapy changes brains: cultivating the mindful presence that reconnects neural pathways.
by Daniel J. Siegel 2010
4.12
941 ratings
🧠 Clinical Psychology🧘 Psychotherapy Practice🛡️ Mindfulness In Therapy
Rozdělené Self
by R.D. Laing • 1960
Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.
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🧠 Existential Psychology🩺 Clinical Psychiatry🌊 Existential Phenomenology
Rozdělené Self Summary
Rozdělené Self 90%
Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.
by R.D. Laing 1960
4.11
7k+ ratings
🧠 Existential Psychology🩺 Clinical Psychiatry🌊 Existential Phenomenology
Schema Therapy
by Eshkol Rafaeli • 2010
An integrative therapy for chronic conditions: heal through the bond, not just the protocol.
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🧠 Personality Disorders📋 Clinical Psychology🔄 Integrative Therapy
Schema Therapy Summary
Schema Therapy 90%
An integrative therapy for chronic conditions: heal through the bond, not just the protocol.
by Eshkol Rafaeli 2010
4.07
230 ratings
🧠 Personality Disorders📋 Clinical Psychology🔄 Integrative Therapy
On Being a Therapist
by Jeffrey A. Kottler • 1986
What training never covered: the boredom, the burnout, and the clients who end up changing you.
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4k+
🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice🌱 Therapist Development😔 Compassion Fatigue
On Being a Therapist Summary
On Being a Therapist 90%
What training never covered: the boredom, the burnout, and the clients who end up changing you.
by Jeffrey A. Kottler 1986
4.03
4k+ ratings
🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice🌱 Therapist Development😔 Compassion Fatigue
Self-Analysis
by Karen Horney • 1942
How to analyze yourself with the same tools a psychoanalyst uses, starting with free association.
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🧠 Neo-Freudian Thought🛋️ Psychodynamic Self-Help📖 Self-Guided Therapy
Self-Analysis Summary
Self-Analysis 90%
How to analyze yourself with the same tools a psychoanalyst uses, starting with free association.
by Karen Horney 1942
4.08
939 ratings
🧠 Neo-Freudian Thought🛋️ Psychodynamic Self-Help📖 Self-Guided Therapy
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table
by Jeffrey A. Kottler • 2003
Unusual patients forced the best therapists to abandon the textbook. What they improvised instead.
3.88
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🔍 Unusual Case Studies💡 Therapy Breakthroughs🤝 Relational Healing
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table Summary
The Mummy at the Dining Room Table 90%
Unusual patients forced the best therapists to abandon the textbook. What they improvised instead.
by Jeffrey A. Kottler 2003
3.88
765 ratings
🔍 Unusual Case Studies💡 Therapy Breakthroughs🤝 Relational Healing
How to Read Lacan
by Slavoj Žižek • 2006
Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.
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🧠 Continental Thought🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📉 Critical Theory
How to Read Lacan Summary
How to Read Lacan 90%
Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.
by Slavoj Žižek 2006
3.94
4k+ ratings
🧠 Continental Thought🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📉 Critical Theory
Écrits
by Jacques Lacan • 1966
The unconscious speaks in metaphors. The self is a reflection. Desire is always secondhand.
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🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📚 Continental Philosophy🏗️ Structuralism
Écrits Summary
Écrits 90%
The unconscious speaks in metaphors. The self is a reflection. Desire is always secondhand.
by Jacques Lacan 1966
4.03
3k+ ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📚 Continental Philosophy🏗️ Structuralism
The First Kiss
by Daryl Chow • 2018
The clinical intake loses clients. An engagement-first method that earns the second session.
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🧭 First Sessions🤝 Client Engagement🔗 Therapeutic Alliance
The First Kiss Summary
The First Kiss 90%
The clinical intake loses clients. An engagement-first method that earns the second session.
by Daryl Chow 2018
4.13
253 ratings
🧭 First Sessions🤝 Client Engagement🔗 Therapeutic Alliance
The Art of Listening
by Erich Fromm • 1991
Psychoanalysis is not a method but a human encounter; the analyst's real presence is the medicine.
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👂 Therapeutic Listening🤝 Humanistic Psychology🌙 Dream Analysis
The Art of Listening Summary
The Art of Listening 90%
Psychoanalysis is not a method but a human encounter; the analyst's real presence is the medicine.
by Erich Fromm 1991
4.05
922 ratings
👂 Therapeutic Listening🤝 Humanistic Psychology🌙 Dream Analysis
The Examined Life
by Stephen Grosz • 2012
Our jokes, lies, and self-sabotage all speak. A psychoanalyst shows what they're actually saying.
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🛋️ Modern Psychoanalysis📋 Clinical Case Studies🛡️ Defense Mechanisms
The Examined Life Summary
The Examined Life 90%
Our jokes, lies, and self-sabotage all speak. A psychoanalyst shows what they're actually saying.
by Stephen Grosz 2012
3.95
18k+ ratings
🛋️ Modern Psychoanalysis📋 Clinical Case Studies🛡️ Defense Mechanisms
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