Ronald Fairbairn may be the most important psychoanalyst you’ve never heard of. The recent re-publication of a book by this brilliant Scottish psychoanalyst prompted me to reflect upon how fundamental ...

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 ...

"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 ...

"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 ...