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

Key points Ronald Fairbairn is the father of object relations theory. Fairbairn's work bridged the theoretical divide between Freud's Oedipal framework and Bowlby's attachment theory. A new collection ...

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 ...

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 ...