Main description:

This book provides a complete and fundamental overview, from a psychoanalytical point of view, on theoretical and clinical aspects of psychodynamic or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It includes the theory of the human mind, psychic development, psychic conflicts, trauma, and dreams.

Contents:

Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Psychoanalytic Theory of the Human Mind -- Psychoanalytic Theory of Psychic Development through the Life Span -- Conflict, Trauma, Defence Mechanisms, and Symptom Formation -- Dreams -- The Therapeutic Relationship -- The Setting in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy -- Diagnosis and Treatment in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy -- Psychopathology and Psychodynamics of Neurosis -- Psychopathology and Psychodynamics of Psychosomatic Disorders -- Psychotic Disorders, Addiction, and Suicide