"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." –Rudyard Kipling To the trainee or beginning psychotherapist, psychodynamic theory is often seen as a daunting, obscure paradigm with a ...

The assessment of social cognition and object relations remains a cornerstone in contemporary clinical research, providing critical insights into individuals' internal representations of self and ...

The psychoanalytic theory of adult erogeneity is analyzed with respect to differential sexual and foreplay activities. Psychosexual fixation within any of the basic stages of oral, anal, or phallic ...

"Men and Meaning: Reveling in Intricacy," Pastoral Psychology (festschrift edition in honor of James Dittes), forthcoming. “Reveling in Complexity: James Dittes’ Male Metaphors and Their Bearing on ...