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There is a rich psychoanalytic literature readily available to anyone, from the neophyte practitioner to the seasoned analyst. There are classic works and contemporary gems that fully immerse the reader in analytic history, theory, pathology, or treatment. The problem is that rarely-if ever-are these multifaceted themes available in one book, thus leaving the psychoanalytically oriented practitioner, educator, or researcher without a single go-to text that covers the breadth of the field. Subsequently, consumers are forced to devote considerable time, effort, and money to build their psychoanalytic libraries.
Textbook of Psychoanalysis (American Psychiatric Publishing) represents, at the very least, a great starting point. Edited by Ethel S. Person, Arnold M. Cooper, and Glen O. Gabbard, this massive, 600-plus page, 36-chapter book (plus a glossary) comprehensively examines the field of psychoanalysis. Divided into six sections, the internationally renowned contributors beautifully articulate not only theory and treatment, but also history, research, challenges, and trends. Textbook of Psychoanalysis provides a wealth of useful information for clinicians and educators alike-and does so in a single text.
Part I (“Core Concepts”) opens with Fred Pine's discussion of motivation. First describing the evolutionary and biologically derived sexual and aggressive instinctual views set forth by Freud, Pine next explores non-drive motivational theories. The author explicates ego psychology's motivational views of a conflict-free ego adapting to internal and external stimuli. He also discusses human relations's theories concerning the motivation to recreate one's earliest relational patterns; and self psychology's self-corrective motivational experiences of agency, establishing boundaries between self and others, and maintaining self-esteem. Regardless of the viewpoint, Pine concludes by firmly placing the locus of motivation in the unconscious. Next, Meissner highlights the rol