The International Psychoanalytical Association International Psychoanalysis Library
About the Book Series
The focus of the Library is on the scientific developments of today throughout the IPA, with an emphasis within the discipline on clinical, technical, and theoretical advances; empirical, conceptual, and historical research project.
Other series published by the IPA:
The International Psychoanalytical Association Controversies in Psychoanalysis series
The International Psychoanalytical Association Current Challenges in Psychoanalysis series
The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications series
The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Classics Revisited
Winnicott’s Letter to Bion: Playing, Dreaming, and Beyond
1st Edition
Edited
By Steven H. Cooper, Christopher G. Lovett
August 22, 2025
Winnicott’s Letter to Bion presents reflections on a fascinating moment in the history of psychoanalytic thinking. Donald Winnicott’s letter, sent on October 5, 1967, and conveying thoughts about two of Wilfred Bion’s papers, never received a response. In this book, international contributors ...
The Letters of Sigmund Freud to Jeanne Lampl-de Groot, 1921-1939: Psychoanalysis and Politics in the Interwar Years
1st Edition
Edited
By Gertie Bögels
August 24, 2022
Freud wrote 76 letters to the Dutch psychoanalyst Jeanne Lampl-de Groot between 1921 and 1939. These letters are personable, lively, and compassionate and convey his respect and caring for Jeanne, who was his patient, pupil, and eventually his esteemed professional colleague. The letters are ...
Violence or Dialogue?: Psychoanalytic Insights on Terror and Terrorism
1st Edition
By Sverre Varvin
July 31, 2019
Our understanding of terrorism since the events of September 11th 2001 has usually been channelled through the two dimensional lens of religion and politics. This important new work contributes a richer understanding of terrorism by examining a third dimension of individual and group psychology and...
The First Dictionary of Psychoanalysis: A Gift for Sigmund Freud's 80th Birthday
1st Edition
By Richard Sterba
July 19, 2013
This is a new translation of the classic 1932 Dictionary by the author, for which Freud wrote a Preface praising the "precision and correctness" of the author's work and calling it a "fine achievement". The dictionary is not only an important source of information about psychoanalysis in Vienna in ...
Resonance of Suffering: Countertransference in Non-Neurotic Structures
1st Edition
By Andre Green
December 31, 2009
Some sixty years after the "Controversial Discussions" in the early 40s, this passionate book resurrects their spirit on a global scale. Under the aurthor's generous, tactful yet strong leadership, a small discussion group of noteworthy analysts of the International Psychoanalytical Association, ...
Children in Genocide: Extreme Traumatization and Affect Regulation
1st Edition
By Suzanne Kaplan
December 31, 2008
This book deals with affects and memories from extreme traumatization of Jewish survivors, who were children themselves during the Holocaust, and teenagers who survived the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, presenting an illustration of how complex affect regulating is for traumatized individuals....
Linking, Alliances, and Shared Space: Groups and the Psychoanalyst
1st Edition
By Rene Kaes
December 31, 2007
This book presents the general framework of the psychoanalytic approach to groups, describing the main elements of a psychoanalytic model of the group and of the subject within the group. It describes the various problems posed by extending the field of investigation and practices of psychoanalysis....
The Geography of Meanings: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Place, Space, Land, and Dislocation
1st Edition
By Salman Akhtar
December 31, 2007
This book is a collection of "stories", and just as the Stories of the Dreaming act as a container of experiences for the indigenous people, it attempts to be a container for experiences that had not had enough exposure in psychoanalytic literature....