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Best books to learn Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy, in order
Psychoanalysis is three things at once and reading it well means keeping them apart: a body of clinical practice that thousands of therapists still do every day, a set of nineteenth-century theoretical writings by one Viennese neurologist, and a contested claim to scientific standing. This path reads them in that order.
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Psychoanalysis: The Best Books on the Talking Cure and What It Became, in Order
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Frequently asked questions
- How should I approach learning psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy?
- Psychoanalysis is three things at once and reading it well means keeping them apart: a body of clinical practice that thousands of therapists still do every day, a set of nineteenth-century theoretical writings by one Viennese neurologist, and a contested claim to scientific standing. This path reads them in that order.
- What's a good book to start psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy with?
- A strong starting point is Love's Executioner by Irvin D. Yalom. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.
- What should I read after psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy?
- Once you have the fundamentals, explore closely related subjects like Internal family systems therapy, Family therapy.