What happens to psychoanalysis when the individual mind disappears? Here's a critique of the concept of the "analytic third." ...

This refers to a branch of psychoanalysis which describes the process by which children develop an internal image of various people around them during their initial years of growth. It is believed ...

In an effort to explore how group therapists can apply psychoanalytic theory in the group modality to advantage, two major developments in analytic theory are examined. 1) Kernberg stresses the ...

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." –Rudyard Kipling To the trainee or beginning psychotherapist, psychodynamic theory is often seen as a daunting, obscure paradigm with a ...

The assessment of social cognition and object relations remains a cornerstone in contemporary clinical research, providing critical insights into individuals' internal representations of self and ...

The psychoanalytic theory of adult erogeneity is analyzed with respect to differential sexual and foreplay activities. Psychosexual fixation within any of the basic stages of oral, anal, or phallic ...