Psychology Starter Kit
 
 







  
The Ego and the Id (The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)10 reviews
Sigmund Freud, James Strachey

W. W. Norton & Company, 1962

Understand the self

+ The Ego and the Id
+ Why we call him Freud
+ One of Freud's major models
  
  











  



  
Experience And Education20 reviews
John Dewey

Free Press, 1997

Experience & Education by John Dewey

+ EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
+ Dewey
+ Perfect
+ Timeless
  
  











  



  
Selected Melanie Klein4 reviews
Juliet Mitchell

Free Press, 1987

A SUPERB COLLECTION

+ Good enough for an introduction
+ A SUPERB COLLECTION
+ compact collection of Klein's ideas
  
  











  



  
Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual: (PDM)12 reviews
Alliance of Psychoanalytic Organizations

Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, 2006

A magnificent compendium

+ Not just for professionals who diagnose- The PDM will help you UNDERSTAND
+ good
+ Extremely informative
+ Very good complement for DSM
  
  











  



  
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Fourth Edition (Text Revision)107 reviews
American Psychiatric Association

American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2000

"Must Have"

A definite "must have" book for any student in a counseling program. Even if not "required", this book makes writing reports so much easier because then you know EXACTLY what is required for deifferent diagnosis. I suggest all counseling/psychology students buy this book as early on in their ...
  
  











  



  
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (Basic Books Classics)2 reviews
Sigmund Freud

Basic Books, 2000

The Most Classical theory of Sex

+ "This review is from the Brill translation"

It's not first book on sex in the world you know. But Considered the esseys in this book published in 1920s, it's so shocked and execellent. Freud extend his own typical attitude on sex. At first, he seems to believe that the original reason of all mental disease is on Libido or sexual drive. ...
  
  











  



  
Severe Personality Disorders: Psychotherapeutic Strategies3 reviews
Otto Kernberg

Yale University Press, 1993

Den här är bra om man är helt jävla rubbad

+ Characterological Quandries-Working with Axis-II Disorders
+ key concepts re: borderline and narcissistic disorders...

Den här är bra om man är helt jävla rubbad o gillar att ligga under glasbord o titta
  
  











  



  
Aggression in Personality Disorders and Perversions3 reviews
Otto Kernberg

Yale University Press, 1995

a treasure trove of clinical wisdom

+ The Infant and the Deviant
+ Excellent book on aggression

Kernberg brings his clinical acumen and unique blend of ego psychology and object relations to bear upon the problem of aggression, particularly rage and its cognitively higher-level manifestation as hatred, in severe personality disorders. He begins by offering a sensible formulation of affect ...
  
  











  



  
Psychoanalytic Case Formulation7 reviews
Nancy McWilliams

The Guilford Press, 1999

A Good Read

+ Access into the literature
+ Our class loved this book!
+ Fantastic for (psychodynamic?) therapists
  
  











  



  
OBJECT RELATIONS THEORIES AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: A Comprehensive Text5 reviews
Frank Summers

The Analytic Press, 1994

Invaluable for students and professionals alike

+ Object Relations Theories and Psychopatholgy
+ Clinically Sophisticated and Highly Readable

This book is an invaluable introduction to or review of the works of the most important object relations theorists, including Fairbairn, Guntrip, Klein, Winnicott, Kohut, etc. Although it covers ground similar to that summarized in other works, including the until-now standard text by Greenberg ...
  
  











  



  
The Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates The Complexities of Human Thought24 reviews
Gary Marcus

Basic Books, 2004

very good recent information

+ A good book for the ones who are interested in the science of life.
+ Excellent explanation of the evolution of the human brain
+ Rare combination of hard science and a great read
  
  











  



  
Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process16 reviews
Nancy McWilliams

The Guilford Press, 1994

A New Level of Understanding

+ Straightforward solutions
+ Excellent book
+ Accessible Freud
+ Not just for the psychodynamically inclined.
  
  











  



  
Identity: Youth and Crisis (Austen Riggs Monograph, No 7)1 review
Erik H. Erikson

W. W. Norton & Company, 1994

Erikson is the man when it comes to understanding identity.

Admittedly, Erik Erikson is not an easy read (in fact his biographer Lawrence Friedman speculates what Erikson could have become had he been a more disciplined researcher, and writer.) Nevertheless this book provides keen insight into the phenomenon of the adolescent identity crisis. "Crisis" in ...
  
  











  



  
Identity and the Life Cycle3 reviews
Erik H. Erikson

W. W. Norton & Company, 1994

Erickson's Ident and life cycle is a classic

+ Identity and the Life Cycle
+ Review of Erikson

For those licensed counselors who work with adolescents, Erickson's book is a good review of some basic psychological concepts that form personalities in people of all walks of life. This book is especially good for those that work with youth in foster care and the criminal justice system.
  
  











  



  
Identity and the Life Cycle3 reviews
Erik H. Erikson

W. W. Norton & Company, 1994

Erickson's Ident and life cycle is a classic

+ Identity and the Life Cycle
+ Review of Erikson

For those licensed counselors who work with adolescents, Erickson's book is a good review of some basic psychological concepts that form personalities in people of all walks of life. This book is especially good for those that work with youth in foster care and the criminal justice system.
  
  











  



  
Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual: (PDM)12 reviews
Alliance of Psychoanalytic Organizations

Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, 2006

A magnificent compendium

+ Not just for professionals who diagnose- The PDM will help you UNDERSTAND
+ good
+ Extremely informative
+ Very good complement for DSM
  
  











  



  
The Ego and the Id (The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)10 reviews
Sigmund Freud, James Strachey

W. W. Norton & Company, 1962

Understand the self

+ The Ego and the Id
+ Why we call him Freud
+ One of Freud's major models
  
  











  



  
OBJECT RELATIONS THEORIES AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: A Comprehensive Text5 reviews
Frank Summers

The Analytic Press, 1994

Invaluable for students and professionals alike

+ Object Relations Theories and Psychopatholgy
+ Clinically Sophisticated and Highly Readable

This book is an invaluable introduction to or review of the works of the most important object relations theorists, including Fairbairn, Guntrip, Klein, Winnicott, Kohut, etc. Although it covers ground similar to that summarized in other works, including the until-now standard text by Greenberg ...
  
  











  



  
Identity: Youth and Crisis (Austen Riggs Monograph, No 7)1 review
Erik H. Erikson

W. W. Norton & Company, 1994

Erikson is the man when it comes to understanding identity.

Admittedly, Erik Erikson is not an easy read (in fact his biographer Lawrence Friedman speculates what Erikson could have become had he been a more disciplined researcher, and writer.) Nevertheless this book provides keen insight into the phenomenon of the adolescent identity crisis. "Crisis" in ...
  
  











  



  
Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process16 reviews
Nancy McWilliams

The Guilford Press, 1994

A New Level of Understanding

+ Straightforward solutions
+ Excellent book
+ Accessible Freud
+ Not just for the psychodynamically inclined.
  
  











  






   



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