Castration

From fashion to football, in our dreams and epiphanies, through jealous rages and moments of genius, the effects of castration anxiety, so claims Ivan Ward, are ever-present. Freud's famous 'castration complex' is met with continually in analytic experience. Yet it seems an unbelievable idea. Taking his evidence from myth, clinical practice and the sexual theories of children, Freud esta…

Phobia (Ebook: PDF)

Phobias and phobic phenomena are very common. We all experience phobias of a mild or severe kind, crystallising our fears and aversive behaviour around a particular object or situation. Certain typical phobias may be regarded as a normal part of childhood - fear of the dark, of wild animals, of intruders. Ivan Ward guides us through the array of explanations about phobia. The behaviourists see it…

On a Darkling Plain - Journeys into the Unconscious

Introduction by Oliver James Freud's discovery of the dynamic unconscious was revolutionary. Psychoanalysis shocked the world of his contemporaries - it is still controversial today - but it was inextricably part of the grand, ambitious project of modernity. No detail of his patients' lives, however banal, was irrelevant to diagnosis; yet psychoanalysis could be employed in the most sweeping com…

Phobia

Phobias and phobic phenomena are very common. We all experience phobias of a mild or severe kind, crystallising our fears and aversive behaviour around a particular object or situation. Certain typical phobias may be regarded as a normal part of childhood - fear of the dark, of wild animals, of intruders. Ivan Ward guides us through the array of explanations about phobia. The behaviourists see it…

Introducing Psychoanalysis: A Graphic Guide (PAPERBACK)

INTRODUCING guide to the history and theory of still controversial ‘speaking cure’The ideas of psychoanalysis have permeated Western culture. It is the dominant paradigm through which we understand our emotional lives, and Freud still finds himself an iconic figure. Yet despite the constant stream of anti-Freud literature, little is known about contemporary psychoanalysis. Introducing …