Books received

Analytical Psychology Schoenl, William. C. G. Jung: His Friendship with Mary Mellon and J. B. Priestley. Psychoanalysis Murdin, Lesley. How Much is Enough? Endings in Psychotherapy and Counselling. Bell, David (ed.). Psychoanalysis and Culture. A Kleinian Perspective. Psychology Butler, Gillian & Mcmanus, Freda. Psychology. A Very Short Introduction. Miscellaneous Al-issa, Ihsan (ed.). Al-Junun: Mental Illness in the Islamic World. Edelson, Marshall & Berg, David N. Rediscovering Groups. A Psychoanalyst's Journey Beyond Individual Psychology. Ettin, Mark. Foundations and Approaches of Group Psychotherapy. A Sphere of Influence. Von Franz, Marie-Louise. The Problem of the Puer Aeternus. Hamilton, Ian Stuart. Key Ideas in Psychology. Hannah, Barbara. The Inner Journey. Lectures and Essays on Jungian Psychology. Laplanche, Jean. Essays on Otherness.The Rider Encyclopaedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion. Schapira, Sylvie K. Choosing a Counselling or Psychotherapy Training. A Practical Guide. Ulanov, Ann Bedford. Religion and the Spiritual in Carl Jung.     

Books received

Aron, Elaine N. The Highly Sensitive Person. How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You. David L. Smith. Approaching Psychoanalysis. An Introductory Course. Gabriella Ripa di Meana. Figures of Lightness. Anorexia, Bulimia and Psychoanalysis. Strasser, Freddie. Emotions. Experiences in Existential Psychotherapy and Life. Althusser, Louis. Writings on Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan. Corneau, Guy. Lessons in Love. The Transformation of Spirit through Intimacy. Moody, Harry R. & Carroll, David. The Five Stages of the Soul. For Everyone who has ever asked, ‘Is this it?’. Peterson, Jordan. B. Maps of Meaning. The Architecture of Belief.     

Re:Views

Adventures in Therapy Part I: Actualizing Therapy: Foundations for a Scientific Ethic. Everett L. Shostrom, Lila Knapp, and Robert Knapp. Adventures in Therapy Part I: Handbook for the Personal Orientation Inventory. Robert Knapp. Adventures in Therapy Part I: Individual Psychology in Counseling and Education, Parts I and II , (Distinguished Contributors to Psychology series). Adventures in Therapy Part I: Psychotherapy: The Hazardous Cure. Dorothy Tennov. Adventures in Therapy Part I: R. D. Laing: The Man and His Ideas. Richard I. Evans. Adventures in Therapy Part I: Four Psychologies Applied to Education: Freudian, Behavioral, Humanistic, Transpersonal. Thomas B. Roberts, Editor. Adventures in Therapy Part I: A Complete Guide to Therapy From Psychoanalysis to Behavior Modification. Joel Kovel. Adventures in Therapy Part I: Evaluation of Psychological Therapies—Psychotherapies, Behavior Therapies, Drug Therapies and Their Interactions. Robert L. Spitzer & Donald F. Klein, Editors. Adventures in Therapy Part I: Primer for the Nonmedical Psychotherapist. Joyce A. Bockar. Adventures in Therapy Part I: Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders. Aaron T. Beck. Adventures in Therapy Part I: Biofeedback Applications in Counseling and Education. David G. Danskin and Timothy J. Lowenstein.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Contemporary Perspectives on Psychotherapy with Lesbians and Gay Men , TERRY S. STEIN AND CAROL COHEN (Eds.)
Women's Therapy Groups: Paradigms of Feminist Treatment , C laire M. B rody (Ed.)
A Mote in Freud Eye: From Psychoanalysis to the Psychology of Women , H. L erman
MEDIA REVIEWS
Just Between Sisters
Small Happiness
Critical Feminist Issues
Sexuality in Advertising
The Ultimate Test Animal
Not All Parents Are Straight
Surviving Sexual Abuse     

Book reviews

G uggenbÜhl -C raig , A dolf . From the Wrong Side: A Paradoxical Approach to Psychotherapy
Z oja , L uigi . Growth and Guilt: Psychology and the Limits of Development
L angs , R obert . Doing Supervision and Being Supervised
S chaverien , J oy . Desire and the Female Therapist: Engendered Gazes in Psychotherapy and Art Therapy
P arker , R ozsika . Torn in Two: The Experience of Maternal Ambivalence
K awai , H ayao . Dreams, Myths and Fairy Tales in Japan
P riestley , M ary . Essays on Analytical Music Therapy     

Book reviews

Books reviewed:
Kalsched, Donald, The Inner World of Trauma: Archetypal Defenses of the Personal Spirit.
Von Franz, Marie-Louise. The Cat: A Tale of Feminine Redemption.
Vedfelt, Ole, The Dimensions of Dreams: The Nature, Function, and Interpretation of Dreams.
Spiegelman, J. M, Psychology and Religion at the Millennium and Beyond.
Waddell, Margot, Inside Lives, Psychoanalysis and the Growth of the Personality.     

Brief eviews

Developments in humanistic psychology: Recent books by division members

Christopher M, Aanstoos (Ed.). Studies in Humanistic Psychology. West Georgia College Studies in the Social Sciences (Volume 29). Carrollton, GA: West Georgia College, 1991, 216 pp. $5.00.

Frank Barron. Creativity and Psychological Health: Origins of Personal Vitality and Creative Freedom. Buffalo: C.E.F. Press, 1990.

James F. T. Bugental. Intimate Journeys: Stories from Life‐Changing Therapy. San Francisco: Jossey‐Bass, 1990, 335 pp. $24.95.

Alvin R. Mahrer. How to Do Experiential Psychotherapy: A Manual for Practitioners. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1989. 153 pp. $12.95.

Alvin R. Mahrer. Dreamwork in Psychotherapy and Self‐Change. New York: W. W. Norton. 372 pp. $34.95.

Clark Moustakas. Heuristic Research: Design, Methodology, and Applications. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1990. 130 pp. $14.95.

Clark Moustakas. Loneliness. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1990, $6.95. and Clark Moustakas. Loneliness and Love. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1990. 146 pp. $7.95.

Kirk J. Schneider. The Paradoxical Self: Toward an Understanding of our Contradictory Nature. New York: Plenum Press, 1990. 235 pp. $20.95.

M. Brewster Smith. Values, Self & Society: Toward a Humanistic Social Psychology. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1991, 289 pp. $34.95.

Richard E. Felder and Avrum Geurin Weiss. Experiential Psychotherapy: A Symphony of Selves. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1991. 164 pp.     

Reviews

B irkhäuser -O eri , S. The Mother: Archetypal Image in Fairy Tales
H ubback , J. People who Do Things to Each Other; Essays in Analytical Psychology.
K ast , V erena . Märchen als Therapie.
S chwartz -S alant , N athan and S tein , M urray (eds.). Archetypal Processes in Psychotherapy.
Y oung -E isendrath , P olly and H all , J ames (eds.). The Book of the Self: Person, Pretext, and Process.
S ocarides , C. W. The Pre-Oedipal Origin and Psychoanalytic Therapy of Sexual Perversions.
M attinson , J. Work, Love and Marriage.     

dreampoem

Personality: The Individuation Process in the Light of C.G. Jung's Typology. 1995. By C.A. Meier Translated by David N. Roscoe. Einsiedeln, Switzerland: Daimon.

Night: Night Life, Night Language, Sleep, and Dreams. 1995. By A. Alvarez New York, London: W.W. Norton &; Company.

Tracks in the Wilderness of Dreaming: Exploring Interior Landscape Through Practical Dreamwork. 1996. By Robert Bosnak. New York: Delacorte Press.

Metaphor and Meaning in Psychotherapy. 1990. By Ellen Y. Siegelman New York: The Guilford Press.

Psyche in Scripture: The Idea of the Chosen People and Other Essays. 1995. By Rivkah Scharf Kluger Toronto: Inner City Books.

Abraham–The Man and the Symbol: A Jungian Interpretation of the Biblical Story 1995. By Gustav Dreifuss &; Judith Riemer Wilmette, Illinois: Chiro Publications

Jungian Archetypes: Jung, Gödel, and the History of Archetypes 1995. By Robin Robertson York Beach, Maine: Nicolas-Hays

Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences 1995. Edited by Robin Robertson and Allan Combs Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Chaos Theory in Psychology 1995. Edited by Frederick Abraham and Albert Gilgen Westport: Praeger     

How a ten-year-old girl faced her death

E. Bott Spillius. Melanie Klein Today. Vol. 1, 1988. Mainly Theory. Vol. 2, Mainly Practice. London: Routledge. £35 (Cloth). £14.99 (Paper).

Ilse Hellman. From War Babies to Grandmothers: Forty-Eight Years in Psychoanalysis. London: Karnac Books &; The Institute of Psycho-Analysis. 1990. £16 (paperback).

James and Joyce Robertson. Separation and the Very Young. London: Free Association Books. 1989. £25.00 (hardback). Edward C. Melhuish and Peter Moss (eds.). Day Care for Young Children: International Perspectives. London and New York: Tavistock/Routledge. 1990. £12.99 (paperback).

Jeremy Holmes and Richard Lindley: The Values of Psychotherapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1989. (£17.50).

Caroline Case and Tessa Dalley (Editors): Working with Children in Art Therapy. Published by Tavistock/Routledge. London and New York, 1990. £14.9.     

Books received

Analytical Psychology
Yeoman, A. Now or Neverland. Peter Pan and the Myth of Eternal Youth. A Psychological Perspective on a Cultural Icon.
Pieri, P. F. Dizionario Junghiano.
Group Psychotherapy
Schermer,Victor L. & Pines, M. Group Psychotherapy of the Psychoses. Concepts, Interventions and contexts.
Psychoanalysis
De Groef, J. and Heinemann, E. Psychoanalysis and Mental Handicap.
Psychotherapy and Counselling
Wiener, J. and Sher, M. Counselling and Psychotherapy in Primary Health Care.
Bergler, E. M. D. The Talent for Stupidity. The Psychology of the Bungler, the Incompetent, and the Ineffectual.
Ripa di Meana, G. Figures of Lightness. Anorexia, Bulimia and Psychoanalysis.
Cohen, B. T., Etezady, H. M., Pacella, L. B., The Vulnerable Child, Volume 3.     

Book Reviews

S idoli , M ara and B ovensiepen , G ustav (eds). Incest Fantasies and Self-Destructive Acts: Jungian and Post-Jungian Psychotherapy in Adolescence
S tevens , A nthony . Private Myths, Dreams and Dreaming
K ast , V erena . Imagination as Space of Freedom: Dialogue Between the Ego and the Unconscious
S egal R obert A. (ed.). The Allure of Gnosticism: The Gnostic Experience in Jungian Psychology and Contemporary Culture
E dinger , E dward F. The Eternal Drama: The Inner Meaning of Greek Mythology
H illman , J ames . Healing fiction
K napp , B ettina L. Manna and Mystery: A Jungian approach to Hebrew Myth and Legend
B lÉandonu , G Érard . Wilfred Bion: His Life and Works, 1897–1979
B roadribb , D onald . The Mystical Chorus: Jung and the Religious Dimension
S ymington , N. Emotion and Spirit: Questioning the Claims of Psychoanalysis and Religion
N egri , R. The Newborn in the Intensive Care Unit: A Neuropsychoanalytic Prevention Model
E arly , E mmett . The Raven's Return: The Influence of Psychological Trauma on Individuals and Culture     

Re: Views

Book reviewed in this article: Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Biofeedback Applications in Counseling and Education. David G. Danskin and Timothy J. Lowenstein Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Behavioral Interviewing With Couples. Phil Stockton and John Gottman Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Self-Control: Learning to C.A.R.E. for Yourself. Educational film written by Carl E. Thoresen; produced and directed by Don L. Sorensen Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Control Yourself. David R. Wheeler Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Positive Addiction. William Glasser Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Counseling Methods. John D. Krumboltz and Carl E. Thoresen Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Self-Directed Systematic Desensitization. Wes W. Wenrich, Harold H. Dawley, and Dale A. General Adventures in Therapy Part 2 The Growing Edge of Gestalt Therapy. Edward W. L. Smith, Editor Adventures in Therapy Part 2 The Passions: The Myth and Nature of Human Emotion. Robert C. Solomon Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Rational Emotional Therapy: Clinicians Guide and Rational Emotive Self-Help Techniques. Albert Ellis Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Rational Emotive Psychotherapy: An Interview. (#77517) Albert Ellis Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Rational Emotive Psychotherapy Applied to Groups. (#75518) Albert Ellis. Adventures in Therapy Part 2 A Demonstration With a Young Divorced Woman. (#77520) Adventures in Therapy Part 2 A Demonstration With an Elementary School Age Child. (#77519) Albert Ellis     

Editorial

This paper is a response to William Meredith-Owen’s paper presented at the inaugural joint conference on ‘Alchemy, a bridge to Jung’s objective psyche’, for The Society of Analytical Psychology and the West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy in autumn 2020. The paper presents a way of understanding the collective unconscious through the functioning of the core self, and thus offers a bridge which addresses the indivisibility of the personal and collective psyche/unconscious, referencing Mary Williams’ (1963) classic paper. Specifically, this is applied to Winnicott’s dream of destruction that he had after reviewing Memories, Dreams, Reflections, as well as to parts of the psyche that were dissociated due to significant early deprivation – the primary narcissistic wounds. Alchemical metaphors are shown to relate to the analytic process, which allows the primitive core self (with its identificatory, participatory, connecting nature), when integrated through relationship, to sink back into the unconscious and function as the Self.     

Journal review: Including the critical‐social function into psychology

PsychCritique: The International Journal of Critical Psychology and Psychoanalysis, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1985. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp.     

Book reviews

Tilman Furniss, The Multi Professional Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse, Integrated Management, Therapy and Legal Intervention
William N. Friedrich, Psychotherapy of Sexually Abused Children and Their Families
Michael White and David Epston, Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends
Cloé Madanes, Sex, Love and Violence: Strategies for Transformation
Neil Frude, Understanding Family Problems: A Psychological Approach     

A Review of “Channeling Your Higher Self.” (1989/2007). By Henry Reed

Abstract

Mining the Soul: From the Inside Out. 2000. By Robin Robertson. York Beach: Nicholas-Hays.

The Soul in Grief: Love, Death and Transformation. 1999. By Robert Romanyshyn. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.

Healing Dreams. 2000. By Marc-Barasch. New York: Riverhead Books.

The Wounded Body. 2000. By Dennis Slattery. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Peck, M. Scott. The Road Less Traveled: A NEW Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth.     

Book Reviews

K erenyi , K. and H illman , J. Oedipus Variations: Studies in Literature and Psychoanalysis
C hodorow , J. Dance Therapy and Depth Psychology: The Moving Imagination
L oomis , M. E. Dancing the Wheel of Psychological Types
G rinberg , L. The Goals of Psychoanalysis: Identification, Identity and Supervision     

From Neurotic Guilt to Existential Guilt as Grief: The Road to Interiority, Agency, and Compassion Through Mourning. Part II

This study is a continuation of an article that was published in the previous issue of The American Journal of Psychoanalysis (Volume 66, Number 3, September 2006). The case of Helen is illustrated in terms of the analysand’s developmental mourning, countertransference, interiority, antilibidinal ego, and transformation of aggression into self-agency.Susan Kavaler-Adler, Ph.D., ABPP, is Founder and Executive Director, Training Analyst, Faculty Member, and Supervisor at the Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York.