Psychoanalysis: The Major Concepts

In this important book, experts in the field survey current psychoanalytic theory, discussing its principles, technical aspects, clinical phenomena, and applications. The book is both an introduction to and a statement of mainstream American psychoanalysis today and will be a standard reference for psychoanalytic trainees, authors, and teachers.

Under the direction of the editors and a distinguished panel of advisors, the contributors present a broad overview of more than forty key clinical...