Now facing its second century, the field of psychoanalysis is in a period of rapid development. In this book some of the most important figures in psychoanalysis today discuss how changes--especially in such areas as infant research, ethology, cognitive psychology, narrative studies, and neurobiology--have affected or might affect the directions in which their discipline will go in the next hundred years.

Joseph Sandler has been an important influence in psychoanalysis throughout the world during the latter part of the 20th century, contributing to changing views on both psychoanalytic theory and technique. He has also been a bridging force in psychoanalysis, helping to close the gap between American ego psychologists, and British Kleinian and object relations theorists. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Sandler's contribution to the development of psychoanalysis. The contributors trace the development of the main themes and achievements of Sandler's work, in particular his focus...

Despite the enormous progress in the pharmacological and cognitive-behavioual treatments of panic disorder over the last 30 years, many patients continue to suffer from persisent personality problems and panic vulnerability. Based on extensive clinical experience and written by experts in the field, this text suggests that psychodynamic approaches can aid both psycopharmacological and cognitive-behavioural treatments and often resolves panic symptoms in many patients when used alone. It catalogues psychological factors commonly present in panic disorder patients and describes how to address...

This book brings together for the first time in one volume selected papers by one of the leading contemporary intellectual figures in the field of psychoanalysis, Arnold M. Cooper M.D.

Cooper has addressed every aspect of American psychoanalytic life: theory, clinical work, education, research, the interface with neighboring disciplines, and the institutional life of the profession. In these papers, he both documents and critiques what he calls a 'Quiet Revolution' following the death of Freud, in the way psychoanalysis is conceived: as a science, as a theory of mental life, as a...

The selected papers of one of the leading intellectual figures in psychoanalysis, Arnold M. Cooper M.D., record his unique ability to reflect upon the process of change and help us understand not only where, but even what, psychoanalysis is.