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Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
by Glen O. Gabbard • 1990
The psychiatry textbook that builds treatment from unconscious patterns, not symptom checklists.
4.32
354
Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice Summary
Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 94%
The psychiatry textbook that builds treatment from unconscious patterns, not symptom checklists.
by Glen O. Gabbard 1990
4.32
354 ratings
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
by Patricia Coughlin • 1996
Weeks, not years. A psychodynamic method that confronts defenses for lasting character change.
4.46
48
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Summary
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy 91%
Weeks, not years. A psychodynamic method that confronts defenses for lasting character change.
by Patricia Coughlin 1996
4.46
48 ratings
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology
by Eve Caligor • 2018
Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.
4.79
38
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
Reaching Through Resistance
by Allan Abbass • 2015
Symptoms are defenses against buried rage, guilt, and grief. The method to break through.
4.38
85
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
Co-Creating Change
by Jon Frederickson • 2013
Target the real-time sequence of feeling, anxiety, and defense that produces every symptom.
4.59
193
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
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism
by Otto F. Kernberg • 1975
Borderline is a stable pathology, not a transient phase. Splitting locks its contradictions apart.
4.2
203
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
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
by Eric Berne • 1961
Three selves run every conversation: a clinical method for tracking who's really talking and why.
4.11
754
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy Summary
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy 91%
Three selves run every conversation: a clinical method for tracking who's really talking and why.
by Eric Berne 1961
4.11
754 ratings
Personality Development and Psychopathology
by Norman Cameron • 1985
Symptoms as compromise: how unconscious conflict and childhood shape personality and pathology.
4.40
15
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
4.40
15 ratings
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.
4.19
135
Learning from Experience Summary
Learning from Experience 91%
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
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.
4.06
782
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
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.
3.76
3k+
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
The Shadow of the Object
by Christopher Bollas • 1987
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
4.51
196
The Shadow of the Object Summary
The Shadow of the Object 91%
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
by Christopher Bollas 1987
4.51
196 ratings
Mentalizing in Clinical Practice
by Jon G. Allen • 2008
All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.
4.31
39
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
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis
by Bruce Fink • 1997
The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.
4.37
828
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis Summary
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis 90%
The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.
by Bruce Fink 1997
4.37
828 ratings
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
by Sigmund Freud • 1917
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
3.79
12k+
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis 90%
Your forgotten names and midnight visions are not mistakes. They are messages from a hidden mind.
by Sigmund Freud 1917
3.79
12k+ ratings
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.
4.41
105
The Primitive Edge of Experience Summary
The Primitive Edge of Experience 90%
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
Freud and Beyond
by Stephen A. Mitchell • 1995
One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.
4.18
2k+
Freud and Beyond Summary
Freud and Beyond 90%
One founder, many heirs: how psychoanalysis splintered into rival schools after Freud.
by Stephen A. Mitchell 1995
4.18
2k+ ratings
Freud
by Ruth Snowden • 2010
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
3.68
590
Freud Summary
Freud 90%
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious: Freud's most enduring and unsettling ideas, made clear.
by Ruth Snowden 2010
3.68
590 ratings
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.
4.35
151
The Matrix of the Mind Summary
The Matrix of the Mind 90%
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
by Thomas H. Ogden 1986
4.35
151 ratings
Life Lessons From Freud
by Brett Kahr • 2013
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
3.50
476
Life Lessons From Freud Summary
Life Lessons From Freud 90%
Freud's sharpest ideas for daily life: what your dreams, jokes, and childhood still control.
by Brett Kahr 2013
3.50
476 ratings
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored
by Phillips • 1993
What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.
3.74
825
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored Summary
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored 90%
What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.
by Phillips 1993
3.74
825 ratings
What Is Madness?
by Darian Leader • 2011
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
4.14
531
What Is Madness? Summary
What Is Madness? 90%
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
by Darian Leader 2011
4.14
531 ratings
Psychotherapy
by Tom Burns • 2015
Talk therapy's warring schools, from Freud to CBT, all depend on one common ingredient.
3.73
164
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
Borderline Bodies
by Clara Mucci • 2018
Personality disorders are stored in the body before language. That means the cure cannot be words.
4.56
9
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
Self-Analysis
by Karen Horney • 1942
How to analyze yourself with the same tools a psychoanalyst uses, starting with free association.
4.08
939
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
Schema Therapy
by Eshkol Rafaeli • 2010
An integrative therapy for chronic conditions: heal through the bond, not just the protocol.
4.07
230
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
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.
4.20
10k+
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
4.20
10k+ ratings
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
870
Schema Therapy Summary
Schema Therapy 90%
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
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.
4.11
2k+
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan Summary
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan 90%
The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.
by Jacques Lacan 1998
4.11
2k+ ratings
Becoming a Therapist
by Suzanne Bender • 2002
From first phone call to final session: the words and reasoning behind every clinical moment.
3.97
183
Becoming a Therapist Summary
Becoming a Therapist 90%
From first phone call to final session: the words and reasoning behind every clinical moment.
by Suzanne Bender 2002
3.97
183 ratings
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR
by American Psychiatric Association • 1952
A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.
3.90
12k+
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Summary
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR 89%
A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.
by American Psychiatric Association 1952
3.90
12k+ ratings
The Psychology of Love
by Sigmund Freud • 2006
Your love life is a childhood script, buried in the unconscious and acted out in symptoms.
3.33
869
The Psychology of Love Summary
The Psychology of Love 89%
Your love life is a childhood script, buried in the unconscious and acted out in symptoms.
by Sigmund Freud 2006
3.33
869 ratings
Practising Existential Psychotherapy
by Ernesto Spinelli • 2007
Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.
4.26
88
Practising Existential Psychotherapy Summary
Practising Existential Psychotherapy 89%
Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.
by Ernesto Spinelli 2007
4.26
88 ratings
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
Freud Summary
Freud 89%
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
The Making of a Therapist
by Louis Cozolino • 2004
Grad school taught technique. This teaches how to sit with pain without losing yourself.
4.38
2k+
The Making of a Therapist Summary
The Making of a Therapist 89%
Grad school taught technique. This teaches how to sit with pain without losing yourself.
by Louis Cozolino 2004
4.38
2k+ ratings
What Is Psychotherapy?
by The School of Life • 2019
Your flaws are not character defects but childhood survival strategies. How therapy rewrites them.
4.00
342
What Is Psychotherapy? Summary
What Is Psychotherapy? 89%
Your flaws are not character defects but childhood survival strategies. How therapy rewrites them.
by The School of Life 2019
4.00
342 ratings
Handwriting Analysis
by Karen Kristin Amend • 1980
Learn what every slant, loop, and zone in handwriting reveals about personality and character.
3.82
247
Handwriting Analysis Summary
Handwriting Analysis 89%
Learn what every slant, loop, and zone in handwriting reveals about personality and character.
by Karen Kristin Amend 1980
3.82
247 ratings
Playing and Reality
by D.W. Winnicott • 1971
Creativity begins not in genius or instinct but in the space where a child first plays.
4.20
3k+
Playing and Reality Summary
Playing and Reality 89%
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
Mothers of Psychoanalysis
by Janet Sayers • 1991
Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.
4.20
25
Mothers of Psychoanalysis Summary
Mothers of Psychoanalysis 89%
Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.
by Janet Sayers 1991
4.20
25 ratings
Feminine Psychology (Norton Library
by Karen Horney • 1967
Neurosis is the price of abandoning who you are for who you think you should be.
3.68
423
Feminine Psychology (Norton Library Summary
Feminine Psychology (Norton Library 89%
Neurosis is the price of abandoning who you are for who you think you should be.
by Karen Horney 1967
3.68
423 ratings
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.
3.79
220
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought Summary
Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought 89%
Freud revealed the irrational mind. His followers turned a radical theory into conformity training.
by Erich Fromm 1979
3.79
220 ratings
Your Pocket Therapist
by Annie Zimmerman • 2024
The issues you repeat are not flaws but distress signals. Healing begins when you learn to listen.
4.37
2k+
Your Pocket Therapist Summary
Your Pocket Therapist 89%
The issues you repeat are not flaws but distress signals. Healing begins when you learn to listen.
by Annie Zimmerman 2024
4.37
2k+ ratings
Missing Out
by Adam Phillips • 2012
Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.
3.47
3k+
Missing Out Summary
Missing Out 89%
Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.
by Adam Phillips 2012
3.47
3k+ ratings
The Ego and the Id
by Sigmund Freud • 1923
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
3.81
13k+
The Ego and the Id Summary
The Ego and the Id 89%
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
by Sigmund Freud 1923
3.81
13k+ ratings
The 5 Personality Patterns
by Steven Kessler • 2015
Five survival patterns from childhood live in your body: a map for outgrowing each one.
4.26
458
The 5 Personality Patterns Summary
The 5 Personality Patterns 89%
Five survival patterns from childhood live in your body: a map for outgrowing each one.
by Steven Kessler 2015
4.26
458 ratings
Trauma, Bonding & Family Constellations
by Franz Ruppert • 2005
Emotional bonding is how trauma travels from parent to child. Family constellations map the route.
4.06
262
Trauma, Bonding & Family Constellations Summary
Trauma, Bonding & Family Constellations 89%
Emotional bonding is how trauma travels from parent to child. Family constellations map the route.
by Franz Ruppert 2005
4.06
262 ratings
Jungian Psychoanalysis
by Murray B. Stein • 2009
Not fixing but accompanying: Jungian analysts walk with patients into shadow toward wholeness.
4.19
123
Jungian Psychoanalysis Summary
Jungian Psychoanalysis 89%
Not fixing but accompanying: Jungian analysts walk with patients into shadow toward wholeness.
by Murray B. Stein 2009
4.19
123 ratings
Trauma and the Soul
by Donald Kalsched • 2012
Trauma fractures the psyche to protect its core. The inner guardians become the torturers.
4.52
455
Trauma and the Soul Summary
Trauma and the Soul 89%
Trauma fractures the psyche to protect its core. The inner guardians become the torturers.
by Donald Kalsched 2012
4.52
455 ratings
Handwriting Analysis
by Andrea McNichol • 1991
Learn to spot extroversion, emotional instability, even suicidal intent from a single line of ink.
4.30
565
Handwriting Analysis Summary
Handwriting Analysis 89%
Learn to spot extroversion, emotional instability, even suicidal intent from a single line of ink.
by Andrea McNichol 1991
4.30
565 ratings
Writer's Guide to Character Traits
by Linda N. Edelstein • 1999
Why your characters feel flat: the psychological patterns that make them real.
3.91
1k+
Writer's Guide to Character Traits Summary
Writer's Guide to Character Traits 89%
Why your characters feel flat: the psychological patterns that make them real.
by Linda N. Edelstein 1999
3.91
1k+ ratings
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