Relational/Interpersonal Psychoanalysis Books

New and Published Books

1. Dancing with the Unconscious

   The Art of Psychoanalysis and the Psychoanalysis of Art

   By Danielle Knafo

   Series: Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series

   In writing and lecturing over the past two decades on the relationship between psychoanalysis and art, Danielle Knafo has demonstrated the many ways in which these two disciplines inform and illuminate each other. This book continues that discussion, emphasizing how the creative process in...

   Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
2. Individualizing Gender and Sexuality

   Theory and Practice

   By Nancy J. Chodorow

   Series: Relational Perspectives Book Series

   Nancy Chodorow, in her groundbreaking book The Reproduction of Mothering, quite simply changed the conversation in at least three areas of study: psychoanalysis, women's studies, and sociology. In her latest book, Individualizing Gender and Sexuality, she examines the complexity and...

   Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge
3. Relational Psychoanalysis, Volume 4

   Expansion of Theory

   Edited by Lewis Aron, Adrienne Harris

   Series: Relational Perspectives Book Series

   Building on the success and importance of three previous volumes, Relational Psychoanalysis continues to expand and develop the relational turn. Under the keen editorship of Lewis Aron and Adrienne Harris, and comprised of the contributions of many of the leading voices in the relational...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
4. Relational Psychoanalysis, Volume 5

   Evolution of Process

   Edited by Lewis Aron, Adrienne Harris

   Series: Relational Perspectives Book Series

   Building on the success and importance of three previous volumes, Relational Psychoanalysis continues to expand and develop the relational turn. Under the keen editorship of Lewis Aron and Adrienne Harris, and comprised of the contributions of many of the leading voices in the relational...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
5. The Shadow of the Tsunami

   and the Growth of the Relational Mind

   By Philip M. Bromberg

   During early development, every human being is exposed to the relative impact of relational trauma – disconfirmation of aspects of oneself as having legitimate existence in the world of others – in shaping both the capacity for spontaneous human relatedness and the relative vulnerability to "...

   Published August 18th 2011 by Routledge
6. Money Talks

   in Therapy, Society, and Life

   Edited by Brenda Berger, Stephanie Newman

   Series: Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series

   Sometimes referred to as "the last taboo," money has remained something of a secret within psychoanalysis. Ironically, while it is an ingredient in almost every encounter between analyst and patient, the analyst's personal feelings about money are rarely discussed openly or in any great...

   Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge
7. Self Within Marriage

   The Foundation for Lasting Relationships

   By Richard M. Zeitner

   Self Within Marriage combines the theoretical orientations of object-relations theory, self psychology, and systems theory as a way of understanding and working with couples and individuals whose relationship and emotional difficulties have centered on the common conundrum of balancing...

   Published June 1st 2011 by Routledge
8. Understanding and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder

   A Relational Approach

   By Elizabeth F. Howell

   Series: Relational Perspectives Book Series

   Building on the comprehensive theoretical model of dissociation elegantly developed in The Dissociative Mind, Elizabeth Howell makes another invaluable contribution to the clinical understanding of dissociative states with Understanding and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder....

   Published April 20th 2011 by Routledge
9. With Culture in Mind

   Psychoanalytic Stories

   Edited by Muriel Dimen

   Series: Relational Perspectives Book Series

   This is a new kind of anthology. More conversation than collection, it locates the psychic and the social in clinical moments illuminating the analyst's struggle to grasp a patient's internal life as voiced through individual political, social, and material contexts. Each chapter is a single...

   Published April 11th 2011 by Routledge
10. Toward Mutual Recognition

    Relational Psychoanalysis and the Christian Narrative

    By Marie T. Hoffman

    Series: Relational Perspectives Book Series

    Ever since its nascent days, psychoanalysis has enjoyed an uneasy coexistence with religion. However, in recent decades, many analysts have been more interested in the healing potential of both psychoanalytic and religious experience and have explored how their respective narrative underpinnings...

    Published December 12th 2010 by Routledge