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The International Psychoanalytical Association Current Challenges in Psychoanalysis

About the Book Series

This series delves into the evolving landscape of psychoanalytic practice, addressing contemporary issues such as trauma, cultural diversity, technology’s influence, and shifts in psychoanalytical dynamics. Each volume offers concise, interdisciplinary insights from leading experts, bridging classical psychoanalytic theory with modern challenges. Designed for clinicians and researchers, this series serves as a vital resource for those seeking to navigate and innovate within today’s complex therapeutic environment.

Other series published by the IPA:

The International Psychoanalytical Association Contemporary Freud Turning Points and Critical Issues series

The International Psychoanalytical Association Controversies in Psychoanalysis series

The International Psychoanalytical Association International Psychoanalysis Library

The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications series

The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Classics Revisited

4 Series Titles


Narcissism Psychoanalytic Clinicians and Researchers in Dialogue

Narcissism: Psychoanalytic Clinicians and Researchers in Dialogue

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Stephan Hau, Rogério Lerner, Erik Stänicke, Siri Erika Gullestad
November 06, 2025

Narcissism presents current research and practice on working psychoanalytically with narcissism. The contributors discuss a broad spectrum of approaches for understanding narcissism, from cultural-theoretical and social perspectives to clinical psychoanalytic observations and conceptual ...

Art and Psychoanalysis Between the Dialectics of the Other and Poetic Estrangement

Art and Psychoanalysis: Between the Dialectics of the Other and Poetic Estrangement

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Gabriela Goldstein
November 04, 2025

This book explores the concept of estrangement from a psychoanalytic perspective, intertwining art and aesthetics to offer a paradigm of the aesthetic experience. Gabriela Goldstein suggests that an unexpected encounter with a work of art may lead to a state of poetic estrangement, promoting a ...

Couple Work, Work with Couples

Couple Work, Work with Couples

1st Edition

By Éric Smadja
July 31, 2025

Couple Work, Work with Couples provides a new exploration of psychoanalysis with couples. Éric Smadja takes two key approaches, first providing a metapsychological exploration of couple work – at intrapsychic-individual, intersubjective and group levels – and investigating love, being in love ...

Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children Clinical and Community Work with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Child Mental Health

Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children: Clinical and Community Work with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Child Mental Health

1st Edition

By Nahir Bonifacino
October 15, 2024

Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children presents case material and resources for professionals working with young children in the clinic and in the community. Presented in two main parts, the book explores Nahir Bonifacino’s work with children and their parents. The first part ...

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