A Brief Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theory - Softcover

Frosh, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230369308 ISBN 13: 9780230369306

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2012

Synopsis

Psychoanalytic theory remains hugely influential to our understanding of the mind and human behaviour. It provides a rich source of ideas for therapeutic practice, while offering dramatic insights for the study of culture and society. This comprehensive review of the field:

• Explores the birth of psychoanalysis, taking the reader step by step through Freud's original ideas and how they developed and evolved.
• Provides a clear account of fundamental psychoanalytic concepts.
• Discusses the different schools of psychoanalysis that have emerged since Freud.
• Illustrates the wider applications of psychoanalytic ideas across film, literature and politics.

Written by a highly respected authority on psychoanalysis, this book is essential reading for trainees in counselling and psychotherapy, as well as for students across the arts, humanities and social sciences.

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Review

'This most impressive book should be welcomed not only by all coming new to the detailed study of psychoanalysis but also by experienced clinicians and trainees from many psychotherapeutic approaches. Frosh, in just over 200 pages, covers a vast topic clearly and accessibly, drawing on a deep and wide-ranging scholarship.' - Therapy Today
 
'Extremely accessible and stunningly erudite. Frosh has an uncanny capacity to pick out the most important contributions in the history of psychoanalysis.' - Professor Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London, UK

'An extraordinary book that more than lives up to its billing. It is set to become the standard textbook for the wide-ranging courses in psychoanalytic theory that are now taught throughout the Anglophone world.' - Sander Gilman, Professor of Psychiatry, Emory University, US
 
'So much has been written about psychoanalysis, it is difficult to produce something new, fresh and engaging - but Stephen Frosh has done just that.' - Judith Fewell, Honorary Fellow, Counselling and Psychotherapy, Edinburgh University, UK
 
'A highly readable introduction to a complex subject that will be of interest to all students of psychology and trainees in the 'talking therapies'. Frosh interrogates psychoanalysis with authority, offering not only the basics of the subject but a mature understanding based on years of experience.' - Ivan Ward, Deputy Director and Head of Learning, Freud Museum, UK

Book Description

A clear, concise introduction to key psychoanalytic ideas and their development, this text is essential reading for students and trainees across psychotherapy, psychology, the arts and social sciences

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0230369308
• ISBN 13: 9780230369306
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 262