Textbook of Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is no stranger to evolution, but even for a field as accustomed
to transformation as it is, the last several years have seen a profound shift in
its practice-not least because of COVID-19 and social and cultural
factors.

Whether those changes are permanent remains to be seen, but this
third edition of the Textbook of Psychoanalysis addresses them head-on. Its
first section includes not only how the pandemic has affected psychoanalysis but
also how racial and ethnic tensions, redefined gender and sexual identities, and
the effects of climate change have affected both the psychoanalyst and the
patient, as well as the relationship between the two.

In subsequent
sections, more than 40 contributors bring their expertise to bear as they
discuss

Diverse schools of thought, including object relations theory,
self psychology, interpersonal psychoanalysis, and contemporary field theory
Core concepts, such as the role of the unconscious in psychoanalytic discourse;
transference, countertransference, and enactment; and contemporary theories of
unrepresented states Techniques and approaches that include child analysis, the
integration of psychoanalysis and pharmacotherapy, and the place of ethics in
psychoanalysis Research, including psychoanalytic process research,
developmental research, and neuroscience research

This volume's editors,
in the Introduction, confess that "none of us can predict the outcome" of the
changes that psychoanalysis-and, indeed, society-is facing. But, as another
contributor later points out, "psychoanalysis is a profession centrally
concerned with what is not known" and, therefore, may have a critical role to
play in uncertain, extraordinary times.

With this new edition of the
Textbook of Psychoanalysis, readers will have a firm foundation in
psychoanalytic thought and practice from which to tackle today's-and
tomorrow's-myriad unknowns.