Books published by Jason Aronson Publishers

Primitive mental states are often described in paradoxical terms - both fundamental and complex. This first volume in an annual contains contributions from experts in many fields, and seeks to capture a single definition of the meaning of primitive.

Written for the student and beginner, this book explains the basic clinical concepts, practices and principles of psychoanalytic object relations therapy. Basic concepts, technical considerations in therapy, the treatment process and clinical case examples are discussed.

Selective mutism in children is characterized by persistent refusal to speak in one or more social situations, notwithstanding the demonstrated ability to use language at home. This book presents therapeutic approaches and offers alternatives to professionals working with selectively mute children.

This title contains the ethical and moral principles which guide the Jewish way of life, as handed down by the sages.

This compilation gathers the writings of leading scholars in the field of Kabbalah and introduces its basic ideas. These discourses also serve to point the serious student to sources and resources that will be useful for further study.

Why Be Jewish? This book addresses the question raised by millions of Jews for whom traditional/religious Judaism doesn't work: Why should I remain a Jew? It addresses the question of why be a Jew in the first place, and provides information that enables the reader to maintain his or her Jewish identity in a way suited for the individual.

Jewish Music: Its History, People, and Song details the importance of instrumental and vocal music to the Jewish people. Rabbi Ronald Isaacs surveys Jewish history and provides a broad study of music in Jewish life.

Makes the concepts of self psychology accessible for both students and clinicians. Beginning with an overview of the development of Kohut's ideas, particularly those on narcissism and narcissistic development, the author explains self object concept and why it is at the core of the self psychological vision of human experience.

Why do people migrate from one country to another? What is the difference between an immigrant and an exile? What determines the psychological outcome of immigration? Can one ever mourn the loss of one's country?

Argues that attachment pathology is a disorder of the self based on developmental trauma that predisposes patients toward a future trajectory marked by structural deficits, character pathology, and interpersonal discord that fuel and sustain myriad forms of clinical symptomatology.

People's lives can be transformed by psychoanalysis. Yet the decision to undertake this enterprise can seem so formidable that many deny themselves an extraordinary experience. This book provides seven case reports in which the patients' lives - in their own judgements - were transformed.

Exploring the crucial role of parents' work in child and adolescent treatment, this book illustrates the expanded range of clinical techniques used with parents to establish an alliance at various phases of treatment.

This book teaches parents how to conduct play therapy with their own young children. Teaching parents to be play therapists enhances the efforts of the mental health professional, who now becomes a consultant to the parent-therapist.

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Encompasses the entire spectrum of Jewish thought, from the early Kabbalists to the modern Chassidic and Mussar masters, the sages of the Talmud, to the modern philosophers. Both a scholarly study of meditative practices, and a practical guide, this title is suitable for anyone interested in meditating the Jewish way.

Explores the developments in technique in the practice of psychoanalysis today.

A study showing the rewards of therapy by removing a patient's defences; and by encouraging them, with the therapist's help, to face painful issues such as fear of intimacy, loss, long-term depression, and sexual disfunction. A commentary critiques the interaction and explores responses.

Offers hope and specific techniques designed to address the complexity of treatment.

A beautiful memorial to the brave women who defied Hitler by preserving a part of their hertiage and a part of themselves in this handwritten collection of recipes, proving that the Nazis could not break the spirit of the Jewish people.

This text is an attempt to stimulate and support therapists' efforts to take care of themselves, to understand and maintain commitment. Such reflection, it argues helps therapists to be active and receptive.

A clinical resource for addiction counselors who want to learn about the psychological components of the problem, and for individual therapists.

This work examines the concept of deceit and its ubiquity both in everyday life and in various forms of psychopathology. It offers examples of clinical work with true impostors, those with imposturous tendencies, and those who fear they are impostors when in fact they are not.

For some, enactment addresses a continuous undercurrent in the interaction between patient and therapist in the realm of intersubjectivity. This book addresses the questions: Does the current focus on enactments entail a shift in our model of therapeutic change? Are enactments essential? It is suitable for psychotherapists.

"Beyond Technique: Psychotherapy for the 21st Century".

This text presents the work of Ester Menaker. Never a follower of a particular psychoanalytic perspective of dogma, she always questioned the prevailing orthodoxy. The result is a self psychological perspective that focuses on striving for creativity and relatedness.

Object relations theory has caused a fundamental reorientation of psychodynamic thought. This work acclimates readers to the language and culture of this therapeutic perspective.

This handbook offers the clinician entrance into a myriad of childhood problems, discussed from the viewpoint of psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, and developmental specialists.

In Treatment of the Masochistic Personality: An Interactional-Object Relations Approach, Cheryl Glickauf-Hughes and Marolyn Wells use contemporary psychoanalytic thinking to probe the functions of masochism underlying human interaction-particularly love relations.

A collection of 68 stories. This book shows how you can shape the destiny of the timeless tradition of Jewish storytelling.

Through an intensive study of 'Aaron Green,' a Freudian analyst in New York City, New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm reveals the inner workings of psychoanalysis.