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Suggested Readings

A curated reading list from Dr. Salman Akhtar: ten books, ten papers, and ten book chapters that shape the way he listens, thinks, and teaches.

Ten Books

10 titles
  1. Akhtar, S. (1995). Quest for Answers: A Primer to Understanding and Treating Severe Personality Disorders. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
  2. Akhtar, S. (2009). Turning Points in Dynamic Psychotherapy. London: Karnac Books.
  3. Akhtar, S. (2013). Psychoanalytic Listening: Methods, Limits, and Innovations. London: Karnac Books.
  4. Akhtar, S. (2022). In Leaps and Bounds: Psychic Development and Its Facilitation in Treatment. Bicester, UK: Phoenix Publishing.
  5. Cabaniss, D. (2013). Psychodynamic Formulation. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
  6. Cabaniss, D. (2016). Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
  7. Kahr, B. (2019). How to Flourish as a Psychotherapist. Bicester, UK: Phoenix Publishing.
  8. Kernberg, O. (1984). Severe Personality Disorders: Psychotherapeutic Strategies. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
  9. Kernberg, O., Selzer, M., Koenigsberg, H. et al. (1989). Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of Borderline Patients. New York: Basic Books.
  10. Nemiah, J. C. (1968). Foundations of Psychopathology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Ten Papers

10 titles
  1. Akhtar, S. (2020). The ‘there and then’ in the ‘here and now’. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 67:999-1011.
  2. Akhtar, S. & Thomson, J. A. (1982). Overview: narcissistic personality disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry.
  3. Coen, S. J. (2005). How to play with patients who would rather remain remote. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 53:811-834.
  4. Frosch, J. (1964). The psychotic character. Psychiatric Quarterly 38:81-96.
  5. Kernberg, O. (2019). Therapeutic implications of transference structures in various personality pathologies. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 67:951-986.
  6. Lewin, R. & Shulz, C. (1984). Struggle towards ambivalence. Psychiatry 47:28-36.
  7. Maltsberger, J. & Buie, D. (1974). Countertransference hate in the treatment of suicidal patients. Archives of General Psychiatry 30:625-633.
  8. Selzer, M., Koenigsberg, H. & Kernberg, O. (1987). The initial contract in the treatment of borderline patients. American Journal of Psychiatry 144:927-930.
  9. Volkan, V. D. (1970). Typical findings in pathological grief. Psychiatric Quarterly 44:231-250.
  10. Winnicott, D. W. (1949). Hate in the countertransference. International Journal of Psychoanalysis 30:69-74.

Ten Book Chapters

10 titles
  1. Adler, G. (1984). Severe character problems. In: Character Pathology: Theory and Treatment, ed. M. R. Zales, pp. 140-156. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
  2. Cooper, A. M. (1988). The narcissistic-masochistic character. In: Masochism: Current Psychoanalytic Perspectives, eds. R. A. Glick & D. I. Meyers, pp. 117-138. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.
  3. Ferenczi, S. (1929). The unwelcome child and his death instinct. In: Final Contributions to the Methods and Problems of Psychoanalysis, pp. 102-107. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1980.
  4. Ferenczi, S. (1933). On the confusion of tongues between adults and the child. In: Final Contributions to the Methods and Problems of Psychoanalysis, pp. 155-167. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1980.
  5. Freud, S. Some character types met with in psychoanalytic work. Standard Edition 14:309-336.
  6. Freud, S. Mourning and Melancholia. Standard Edition 14:237-258.
  7. Freud, S. A specific type of object choice made by men. Standard Edition 11:163-175.
  8. Searles, H. F. (1979). The countertransference in psychoanalytic therapy with borderline patients. In: Advances in the Treatment of Borderline Patients, eds. J. LeBoit & A. Capponi, pp. 309-346. New York: Jason Aronson.
  9. Stone, M. H. (2007). Treatability in severe personality disorders: how far do the science and art of psychotherapy carry us? In: Severe Personality Disorders: Everyday Issues in Clinical Practice, eds. B. van Luyn, S. Akhtar & W. J. Livesley, pp. 1-29. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  10. Winnicott, D. W. (1956). The antisocial tendency. In: Collected Papers: Through Pediatrics to Psychoanalysis, pp. 306-315. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
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