Books, podcasts, and essays to support your journey.
The classic text by the one who started it all. It’s dense, not easy, and not even always fun, but in the end you’ll come to appreciate just how brilliant Freud really was and how complex we really are.
The cutting edge neuroscience behind psychoanalysis
A narrative journey into the work of depth therapy by a highly admired contemporary psychoanalyst
A glimpse behind the doors of renowned psychoanalyst working with a variety of patients
A down-to-earth account of what contemporary psychodynamic therapy looks like in real practice by a master storyteller
A foundational text for understanding personality types, geared towards professional but readable for all
A history of modern psychoanalysis from Freud into the world of contemporary psychoanalysis, geared towards professionals but valuable for everyone
A highly readable survey of attachment styles, how they show up in real life and in therapy, and why they matter so much to our everyday experience in the world
A classic text on the value of play and creativity in being a human
Passionate relationships dig into our most vulnerable states, and this book explores how our “stuff” gets mutually activated in constantly reciprocating ways
A book that goes to the absolute depths of how our minds function; the kind I return to and constantly find something new
One of the best on an essential part of life we all must accept
By John Shedler, Ph.D.
By John Shedler, Ph.D.
By John Shedler, Ph.D.
By Shayla Love
By Joseph Bernstein
By Scott Stossel
By David Livingstone Smith
Hosted by David J. Puder, MD
by American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA)
by Marshall Poe
An explanation of Identity Diffusion: the foundation of what’s going wrong when we struggle with personality difficulties by psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and lumineer of the field, Otto Kernberg, MD
A great definition of psychological health and what psychological integration really means by psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and lumineer of the field, Otto Kernberg, MD
How to distinguish between borderline personality and narcissistic personality by one of the top experts in the field, Frank Yeomans, MD
Why it’s hard to treat narcissism (but not impossible) by one of the top experts in the field, Frank Yeomans, MD
A clip of psychodynamic couples therapy at its finest from the hit Showtime reality show, Couples Therapy, by real life psychoanalyst – Orna Guralnik, PhD
Why emotional attunement is foundational to healthy emotional development by famed Harvard Child Development researcher, Edward Tronick, PhD
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