Psychoanalysis

The human mind's hidden depths reveal themselves in these profound explorations of consciousness, identity, and the intricate patterns that shape our behavior. Through pioneering theories and transformative insights, these works illuminate the complex relationship between our conscious thoughts and the powerful unconscious forces that drive our choices, relationships, and sense of self.

Psychoanalysis Book Summaries

The Drama of the Gifted Child Summary

The Drama of the Gifted Child

The Search for the True Self

by Alice Miller 1979 136 pages

Jung's Map of the Soul Summary

Jung's Map of the Soul

An Introduction

by Murray B. Stein 1998 192 pages

Learning from Experience Summary

Learning from Experience

by Wilfred R. Bion 1962 126 pages

The Essential Jung Summary

The Essential Jung

Selected Writings

by C.G. Jung 1983 448 pages

To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche Summary

To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche

by Erich Fromm 1976 182 pages

Anti-Oedipus Summary

Capitalism and Schizophrenia

by Gilles Deleuze 1972 400 pages

The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler Summary

The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler

by Alfred Adler 1920 528 pages

The Red Book Summary

by C.G. Jung 2009 371 pages

The Interpretation of Dreams Summary

The Interpretation of Dreams

by Sigmund Freud 1899 630 pages

The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious Summary

The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

by C.G. Jung 1959 550 pages

The Sublime Object of Ideology Summary

The Sublime Object of Ideology

by Slavoj Žižek 1989 256 pages

Totem and Taboo Summary

Totem and Taboo

by Sigmund Freud 1913 224 pages

Owning Your Own Shadow Summary

Owning Your Own Shadow

A Jungian Approach to Transformative Self-Acceptance, Exploring the Unlit Part of the Ego and Finding Balance Through Spiritual Self-Discovery

by Robert A. Johnson 1991 118 pages

Understanding Human Nature Summary

Understanding Human Nature

by Alfred Adler 1927 224 pages

Man and His Symbols Summary

Man and His Symbols

by C.G. Jung 1964 415 pages

Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism Summary

Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism

by Otto F. Kernberg MD 1975 376 pages

Ego and Archetype Summary

Ego and Archetype

Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche

by Edward F. Edinger 1972 304 pages

Civilization and Its Discontents Summary

Civilization and Its Discontents

by Sigmund Freud 1930 127 pages

Gestalt Therapy Verbatim Summary

Gestalt Therapy Verbatim

by Frederick Salomon Perls 1968 322 pages

Man for Himself Summary

Man for Himself

An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

by Erich Fromm 1947 257 pages

The Lies We Tell Ourselves Summary

The Lies We Tell Ourselves

How to Face the Truth, Accept Yourself, and Create a Better Life

by Jon Frederickson 2017 168 pages

Personal Development

Modern Man in Search of a Soul Summary

Modern Man in Search of a Soul

by C.G. Jung 1931 244 pages

Looking Awry Summary

An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture

by Slavoj Žižek 1991 188 pages

The Undiscovered Self Summary

The Undiscovered Self

by C.G. Jung 1961 112 pages

The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams Summary

The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams

by C.G. Jung 1957 168 pages

The Basic Writings of C.G. Jung Summary

The Basic Writings of C.G. Jung

by C.G. Jung 1991 736 pages

Love and Will Summary

by Rollo May 1969 352 pages

Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy Summary

Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

by Eric Berne 1961 272 pages

The Logic of Sense Summary

The Logic of Sense

by Gilles Deleuze 1969 393 pages

Missing Out Summary

In Praise of the Unlived Life

by Adam Phillips 2012 224 pages

Self-Analysis Summary

by Karen Horney 1942 312 pages

Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Summary

Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

by Sigmund Freud 1917 560 pages

Swamplands of the Soul Summary

Swamplands of the Soul

New Life in Dismal Places

by James Hollis 1996 160 pages

The Sane Society Summary

The Sane Society

by Erich Fromm 1955 386 pages

Projection and Re-collection in Jungian Psychology Summary

Projection and Re-collection in Jungian Psychology

Reflections of the Soul

by Marie-Louise von Franz 1980 254 pages

Listen, Little Man! Summary

Listen, Little Man!

by Wilhelm Reich 1946 144 pages

Love Relations Summary

Normality and Pathology

by Otto F. Kernberg 1995 220 pages

The Vital Spark Summary

The Vital Spark

Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire

by Lisa Marchiano 2024 272 pages

جوهر الإنسان Summary

جوهر الإنسان

by Erich Fromm 1944 203 pages

The Shadow of the Object Summary

The Shadow of the Object

Psychoanalysis of the Unthought Known

by Christopher Bollas 1987 301 pages

How to Read Lacan Summary

How to Read Lacan

by Slavoj Žižek 2006 144 pages

The Birth Of A Mother Summary

The Birth Of A Mother

by Daniel N. Stern 1998 257 pages

Jungian Psychoanalysis Summary

Jungian Psychoanalysis

Working in the Spirit of Carl Jung

by Murray B. Stein 2009 488 pages

Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought Summary

Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought

by Erich Fromm 1979 147 pages

Slavoj Žižek Summary

by Tony Myers 2003 160 pages

Attachment Summary

by John Bowlby 1969 436 pages

The Psychology of Love Summary

The Psychology of Love

by Sigmund Freud 2006 368 pages

A Thousand Plateaus Summary

A Thousand Plateaus

Capitalism and Schizophrenia

by Gilles Deleuze 1980 632 pages

Separation Summary

Anxiety and Anger

by John Bowlby 1972 444 pages

Saving Freud Summary

The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom

by Andrew Nagorski 2022 345 pages

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