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Can the Monster Speak?

A Report to an Academy of Psychoanalysts

Translated by Frank Wynne ...

by Paul Preciado ...

In November 2019, Paul B. Preciado was invited to speak in front of 3,500 psychoanalysts at the École de la Cause Freudienne’s annual conference in Paris. Standing up in front of the profession for whom he is a ‘mentally ill person’ suffering from ‘gender dysphoria’, Preciado draws inspiration in his lecture from Kafka’s ‘A Report to an Academy’, in which a monkey tells an assembly of scientists ... Read more

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In November 2019, Paul B. Preciado was invited to speak in front of 3,500 psychoanalysts at the École de la Cause Freudienne’s annual conference in Paris. Standing up in front of the profession for whom he is a ‘mentally ill person’ suffering from ‘gender dysphoria’, Preciado draws inspiration in his lecture from Kafka’s ‘A Report to an Academy’, in which a monkey tells an assembly of scientists
... Read more
In Her Defence

The NEW Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, February 2026. A dark and gripping courtroom drama for fans of Gillian Flynn and Ripley

by Philippa Malicka ...

***A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2026***THE STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL FROM A NEW STAR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE'So, so, so good! You don't know what's real and you don't know who to trust. I couldn't put it down . . . you're going to lose your mind over it' REESE WITHERSPOON'A gripping courtroom drama I absolutely inhaled'GRAZIA'A courtroom drama with the pulse of a thriller . . . kept me gripped from page ... Read more

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***A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2026***THE STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL FROM A NEW STAR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE'So, so, so good! You don't know what's real and you don't know who to trust. I couldn't put it down . . . you're going to lose your mind over it' REESE WITHERSPOON'A gripping courtroom drama I absolutely inhaled'GRAZIA'A courtroom drama with the pulse of a thriller . . . kept me gripped from page
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The Examined Life

How We Lose and Find Ourselves

by Stephen Grosz ...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**This book is about learning to live.Echoing Socrates' statement that the unexamined life not worth living, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws on his twenty-five years of work and more than 50,000 hours of conversations to form a collection of beautifully rendered tales that illuminate the human experience.These are stories about everyday lives: from a woman who finds ... Read more

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**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**This book is about learning to live.Echoing Socrates' statement that the unexamined life not worth living, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws on his twenty-five years of work and more than 50,000 hours of conversations to form a collection of beautifully rendered tales that illuminate the human experience.These are stories about everyday lives: from a woman who finds
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections

An Autobiography

by Carl Jung ...

‘I can understand myself only in the light of inner happenings. It is these that make up the singularity of my life, and with these my autobiography deals’ Carl JungAn eye-opening biography of one of the most influential psychiatrists of the modern age, drawing from his lectures, conversations, and own writings.In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, Carl Gustav Jung undertook the ... Read more

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‘I can understand myself only in the light of inner happenings. It is these that make up the singularity of my life, and with these my autobiography deals’ Carl JungAn eye-opening biography of one of the most influential psychiatrists of the modern age, drawing from his lectures, conversations, and own writings.In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, Carl Gustav Jung undertook the
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His Missing Wife

A compelling, edge-of-your-seat thriller

by Jaime Lynn Hendricks ...

The wife has vanished. The husband looks guilty. But nothing is as it seems.When the police arrive at James' home after he reports his wife missing, they're immediately suspicious. The kitchen looks like a clear crime scene with broken glass and blood on the polished floors. His wife's blood.But his wife, Tessa, is very much alive. Tessa has plans for her husband. She's going to make him pay for ... Read more

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The wife has vanished. The husband looks guilty. But nothing is as it seems.When the police arrive at James' home after he reports his wife missing, they're immediately suspicious. The kitchen looks like a clear crime scene with broken glass and blood on the polished floors. His wife's blood.But his wife, Tessa, is very much alive. Tessa has plans for her husband. She's going to make him pay for
... Read more
Owning Your Own Shadow

Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche

by Robert A. Johnson ...

One of the original primers on shadow work—A spiritual guide to fully understanding your psyche and unconscious mind to achieve transformative self-acceptanceIn this mind—and life—altering volume, Jungian expert and renowned author Robert A. Johnson introduces the foundational principles of inner work, describing how we all have shadows—the unlit, undesirable, part of our ego that is hidden deep ... Read more

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One of the original primers on shadow work—A spiritual guide to fully understanding your psyche and unconscious mind to achieve transformative self-acceptanceIn this mind—and life—altering volume, Jungian expert and renowned author Robert A. Johnson introduces the foundational principles of inner work, describing how we all have shadows—the unlit, undesirable, part of our ego that is hidden deep
... Read more
The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Cruel Parenting

The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting

by Alice Miller ...

Translated by Andrew Jenkins ...

An examination of childhood trauma and its surreptitious, debilitating effects by one of the world's leading psychoanalysts.Never before has world-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examined so persuasively the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. Using the experiences of her patients along with the biographical stories of literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka, ... Read more

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An examination of childhood trauma and its surreptitious, debilitating effects by one of the world's leading psychoanalysts.Never before has world-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examined so persuasively the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. Using the experiences of her patients along with the biographical stories of literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka,
... Read more
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors

Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation

by Janina Fisher ...

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors integrates a neurobiologically informed understanding of trauma, dissociation, and attachment with a practical approach to treatment, all communicated in straightforward language accessible to both client and therapist. Readers will be exposed to a model that emphasizes "resolution"—a transformation in the relationship to one’s self, replacing ... Read more

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Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors integrates a neurobiologically informed understanding of trauma, dissociation, and attachment with a practical approach to treatment, all communicated in straightforward language accessible to both client and therapist. Readers will be exposed to a model that emphasizes "resolution"—a transformation in the relationship to one’s self, replacing
... Read more
The Secret of the Shadow

The Power of Owning Your Story

by Debbie Ford ...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author shows how our most self-defeating thought can become blueprints for a fulfilling, rewarding life. ... Read more

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The #1 New York Times bestselling author shows how our most self-defeating thought can become blueprints for a fulfilling, rewarding life.
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Missing Out

In Praise of the Unlived Life

by Adam Phillips ...

Missing Out is a meditation on reality and opportunity by Adam Phillips.We all have two lives - the life we live and the life of our fantasies. But it is the life unlived - the person we have failed to be - that can trouble and even haunt us. In Missing Out acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips delves into the gap between who we are and who we are not, to discover whether not getting what we want ... Read more

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Missing Out is a meditation on reality and opportunity by Adam Phillips.We all have two lives - the life we live and the life of our fantasies. But it is the life unlived - the person we have failed to be - that can trouble and even haunt us. In Missing Out acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips delves into the gap between who we are and who we are not, to discover whether not getting what we want
... Read more
Meeting the Shadow

The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature

Edited by Connie Zweig PhD, Jeremiah Abrams ...

Now updated with a new epilogue--an essential read for anyone interested in Shadow WorkCheating... lying ... jealousy ... blaming ... greed ... shame… These forbidden feelings and behaviors erupt from the dark, denied part of ourselves-the personal shadow. But they erupt with a purpose: They are trying to tell us their secrets.Meeting the Shadow is a landmark collection of 65 wide-ranging essays ... Read more

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Now updated with a new epilogue--an essential read for anyone interested in Shadow WorkCheating... lying ... jealousy ... blaming ... greed ... shame… These forbidden feelings and behaviors erupt from the dark, denied part of ourselves-the personal shadow. But they erupt with a purpose: They are trying to tell us their secrets.Meeting the Shadow is a landmark collection of 65 wide-ranging essays
... Read more
I'm Ok, You're Ok

A practical guide to Transactional Analysis

by Thomas Harris ...

This practical guide to Transactional Analysis is a unique approach to your problems.Hundreds of thousands of people have found this phenomenal breakthrough in psychotherapy a turning point in their lives.In sensible, non-technical language Thomas A Harris explains how to gain control of yourself, your relationships and your future - no matter what happened in the past. ... Read more

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This practical guide to Transactional Analysis is a unique approach to your problems.Hundreds of thousands of people have found this phenomenal breakthrough in psychotherapy a turning point in their lives.In sensible, non-technical language Thomas A Harris explains how to gain control of yourself, your relationships and your future - no matter what happened in the past.
... Read more
The Interpretation of Murder

The Richard and Judy Bestseller

by Jed Rubenfeld ...

THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER is an inventive tour de force inspired by Sigmund Freud's 1909 visit to America, accompanied by protégé and rival Carl Jung. When a wealthy young debutante is discovered bound, whipped and strangled in a luxurious apartment overlooking the city, and another society beauty narrowly escapes the same fate, the mayor of New York calls upon Freud to use his revolutionary ... Read more

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THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER is an inventive tour de force inspired by Sigmund Freud's 1909 visit to America, accompanied by protégé and rival Carl Jung. When a wealthy young debutante is discovered bound, whipped and strangled in a luxurious apartment overlooking the city, and another society beauty narrowly escapes the same fate, the mayor of New York calls upon Freud to use his revolutionary
... Read more
The Red Book: A Reader's Edition

A Reader's Edition

by C. G. Jung ...

Translated by Sonu Shamdasani, John Peck, Mark Kyburz ...

A portable edition of the famous Red Book text and essay.The Red Book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of C. G. Jung’s later works. It was here that he developed his principal theories of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation that would transform psychotherapy from treatment of the sick into a means for the higher development of the ... Read more

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A portable edition of the famous Red Book text and essay.The Red Book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of C. G. Jung’s later works. It was here that he developed his principal theories of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation that would transform psychotherapy from treatment of the sick into a means for the higher development of the
... Read more
Psychopolitics

Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

by Byung-Chul Han ...

Translated by Erik Butler ...

Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault's biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche. In the course of discussing all the facets of neoliberal psychopolitics fueling our contemporary crisis of freedom, Han elaborates an analytical ... Read more

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Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault's biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche. In the course of discussing all the facets of neoliberal psychopolitics fueling our contemporary crisis of freedom, Han elaborates an analytical
... Read more
Inner Work

Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth

by Robert A. Johnson ...

From Robert A. Johnson, the bestselling author of Transformation, Owning Your Own Shadow, and the groundbreaking works He, She, and We, comes a practical four-step approach to using dreams and the imagination for a journey of inner transformation. In Inner Work, the renowned Jungian analyst offers a powerful and direct way to approach the inner world of the unconscious, often resulting in a ... Read more

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From Robert A. Johnson, the bestselling author of Transformation, Owning Your Own Shadow, and the groundbreaking works He, She, and We, comes a practical four-step approach to using dreams and the imagination for a journey of inner transformation. In Inner Work, the renowned Jungian analyst offers a powerful and direct way to approach the inner world of the unconscious, often resulting in a
... Read more
I Don't Want to Be an Empath Anymore

How to Reclaim Your Power Over Emotional Overload, Maintain Boundaries, and Live Your Best Life

by Ora North ...

Do you feel all the feels—all the time? Are you fed up with the mainstream spiritual “love and light” scene that calls for constant positivity, even in the face of true loss, trauma, and pain? If so, this book is for you.I Don’t Want to Be an Empath Anymore is a gift for the jaded empath searching for authenticity in spirituality, and spirituality in being authentic—something beyond the clichéd, ... Read more

$21.62 NZD

Do you feel all the feels—all the time? Are you fed up with the mainstream spiritual “love and light” scene that calls for constant positivity, even in the face of true loss, trauma, and pain? If so, this book is for you.I Don’t Want to Be an Empath Anymore is a gift for the jaded empath searching for authenticity in spirituality, and spirituality in being authentic—something beyond the clichéd,
... Read more
On the Genealogy of Morals

by Friedrich Nietzsche ...

Friedrich Nietzsche published "On the Genealogy of Morals" in 1887. This period of Nietzsche's life is considered by many scholars to be his most productive and significant. "On the Genealogy of Morals"" was preceded in 1886 by "Beyond Good and Evil", and both texts are concerned with similar ideas involving the historically constructed nature of morality. Nietzsche challenged most of the main ... Read more

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Friedrich Nietzsche published "On the Genealogy of Morals" in 1887. This period of Nietzsche's life is considered by many scholars to be his most productive and significant. "On the Genealogy of Morals"" was preceded in 1886 by "Beyond Good and Evil", and both texts are concerned with similar ideas involving the historically constructed nature of morality. Nietzsche challenged most of the main
... Read more
Thoughts without a Thinker

Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective

by Mark Epstein ...

Blending Buddhism and psychotherapy, acclaimed psychiatrist Mark Epstein shows how to radically transform your emotional life.**“One of the most sophisticated integrations of the therapeutic and spiritual disciplines.” —**New York TimesToday, the benefits of meditation practices like mindfulness and deep breathing are widely recognized by mainstream therapists. But what does Buddhist insight ... Read more

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Blending Buddhism and psychotherapy, acclaimed psychiatrist Mark Epstein shows how to radically transform your emotional life.**“One of the most sophisticated integrations of the therapeutic and spiritual disciplines.” —**New York TimesToday, the benefits of meditation practices like mindfulness and deep breathing are widely recognized by mainstream therapists. But what does Buddhist insight
... Read more
All That We Are

Uncovering the Hidden Truths Behind Our Behaviour at Work

by Gabriella Braun ...

Longlisted for the 2022 CMI Management Book of the Year AwardWho do you bring with you to work?Try as we might, we cannot leave part of ourselves under the pillow with our pyjamas when we go to work. We bring all that we are.In this collection of stories, Gabriella Braun shares insights from over twenty years of taking psychoanalysis out of the therapy room and into the staff room. She shows us ... Read more

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Longlisted for the 2022 CMI Management Book of the Year AwardWho do you bring with you to work?Try as we might, we cannot leave part of ourselves under the pillow with our pyjamas when we go to work. We bring all that we are.In this collection of stories, Gabriella Braun shares insights from over twenty years of taking psychoanalysis out of the therapy room and into the staff room. She shows us
... Read more
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy

A Manual of the Experiential Method

by Eugene T. Gendlin, PhD ...

Series series The Practicing Professional
Examining the actual moment-to-moment process of therapy, this volume provides specific ways for therapists to engender effective movement, particularly in those difficult times when nothing seems to be happening. The book concentrates on the ongoing client therapist relationship and ways in which the therapist's responses can stimulate and enable a client's capacity for direct experiencing and ... Read more

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Examining the actual moment-to-moment process of therapy, this volume provides specific ways for therapists to engender effective movement, particularly in those difficult times when nothing seems to be happening. The book concentrates on the ongoing client therapist relationship and ways in which the therapist's responses can stimulate and enable a client's capacity for direct experiencing and
... Read more
Freud and Beyond

A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought

by Stephen A. Mitchell, Margaret J. Black ...

**The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought“Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after its birth.” —The Guardian**Sigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But ... Read more

$32.99 NZD

**The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought“Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after its birth.” —The Guardian**Sigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But
... Read more
The Myth of Mental Illness

Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct

by Thomas S. Szasz ...

“The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York TimesThe 50th anniversary edition of the most influential critique of psychiatry every written, with a new preface on the age of Prozac and Ritalin and the rise of designer drugs, plus two bonus essays.Thomas Szasz's classic book ... Read more

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“The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York TimesThe 50th anniversary edition of the most influential critique of psychiatry every written, with a new preface on the age of Prozac and Ritalin and the rise of designer drugs, plus two bonus essays.Thomas Szasz's classic book
... Read more
A gente mira no amor e acerta na solidão

by Ana Suy ...

Amor, solidão e psicanálise para os dias atuais.Podemos ler que o amor contém a solidão em seu interior, pois no coração do amor está sempre a solidão, e por isso quem não suporta a solidão também não suporta o amor." Escrito a partir de diálogos, A gente mira no amor e acerta na solidão, surgiu de experiências vividas pela autora em salas de aula, em sessões de análise (enquanto analisante ou ... Read more

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Amor, solidão e psicanálise para os dias atuais.Podemos ler que o amor contém a solidão em seu interior, pois no coração do amor está sempre a solidão, e por isso quem não suporta a solidão também não suporta o amor." Escrito a partir de diálogos, A gente mira no amor e acerta na solidão, surgiu de experiências vividas pela autora em salas de aula, em sessões de análise (enquanto analisante ou
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