The science of psychoanalysis is now more than a century old. During
this period, it has been established as the instrument offering the most
profound understanding of the human mind, and as the most effective tool
for treating psychic suffering we have at our disposal. A Short
Introduction to Psychoanalysis offers readers an introduction to this
extraordinarily interesting discipline.
In this short volume, Giuseppe Civitarese and Antonino Ferro explore
psychoanalysis, which is at the same time a theory of unconscious
psychic processes, a technique for investigating these, and a method for
curing various forms of psychic suffering, by explaining some of its
main themes and ideas. As the only introductory text to the increasingly
popular post-Bionian theory of the analytic field, A Short Introduction
to Psychoanalysis examines the theory of dreams, the concept of the
unconscious, the psychoanalytic clinic, the analysis of children and
adolescents, and the history of psychoanalysis.
In seeking to give a broad idea of what psychoanalysis is, what it has
become, and the direction it may take in the future, this book will
appeal to all those curious about this fascinating discipline, and is
particularly aimed at students of psychology, the humanities, and of
psychoanalytic institutes, as well as qualified psychoanalysts and
psychotherapists.
