Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy books
Freud, Lacan, Winnicott and Melanie Klein, Nancy McWilliams on diagnosis and technique, and the vocabulary of psychoanalysis. The reading order below starts with the introductory texts and the clinical manuals.
Where to start
Psychoanalysis for beginners: from the introductory texts to the authors after Freud and to technique.
- First stepsFreud's lectures and a vocabulary of the concepts.
- FreudDreams and the last model of the mind.
- After FreudKlein, Winnicott and Lacan.
- Diagnosis and techniqueHow to think about structure and conduct the treatment.
How we build the shelves
We matched each edition against its Amazon.com listing: title, author and, for print editions, ISBN. The descriptions are ours: what the book covers and when it helps in practice.
For now the order of the shelf is editorial. Later a book's place will depend on how many professional sources recommend it: training programs, association reading lists and university courses.
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