Side Effects

By Adam Phillips

Psychoanalysis as a form of therapy works by attending to the patient's side effects, that is, 'what falls out of his pockets once he starts speaking'. Undergoing psychoanalytic treatment is in man...

Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life

By Adam Phillips

On Balance

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One way and another

By Adam Phillips

Throughout his career, Adam Phillips has lent a fresh and incisive dimension to the art of the literary essay. This title collects nineteen pieces that have best defined his thinking - including 'O...

One way and another

By Adam Phillips

Throughout his career, Adam Phillips has lent a fresh and incisive dimension to the art of the literary essay. This title collects nineteen pieces that have best defined his thinking - including 'O...

On balance

By Adam Phillips

Contains essays in which the author examines the contradictory aspects of a person's fears and desires, discussing examples from literature, fairy tales, works of art, and case studies.

Unforbidden pleasures

By Adam Phillips

"Unforbidden Pleasures explores the philosophical, psychological, and social dynamics that govern human desire and shape our everyday reality"-- ǂc Provided by publisher.

Houdini s Box

By Adam Phillips

"Houdini's Box explores four different escape artists. There is the case history of the little girl who is oddly committed to playing her own wayward version of hide-and-seek. There is Harry Houdin...

The Beast in the Nursery

By Adam Phillips

If you are disturbed by the idea that to grow up is to learn to live with disillusionment, if you are fascinated by the perplexity of child-rearing, or if you fear you were more creative as a child...

Houdini's Box

By Adam Phillips

In this uniquely brilliant and insightful book, an acclaimed essayist and psychoanalyst analyzes four escape artists—including Harry Houdini and Emily Dickinson—to meditate on the notion of escape...