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Buy Used Books
Purchase used books about psychoanalysis from The Bookshop, Inc. at 400 West Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516. The Bookshop receives donations of used books from the NCPF (see Donate Books) and maintains a large selection of psychoanalytic volumes in its Psychiatry and Psychology Section. To check on a title, contact The Bookshop at (919) 942-5178 or email to bookshop@bellsouth.net. Open Monday through Friday 11am-9pm, Saturday 11am-6pm and Sunday 1-5pm.

Donate Books
Make a tax-deductible donation of used books to the North Carolina Psychoanalytic Foundation. Donations of psychoanalytic books and books of general interest are welcome. See Donate Books for further information.

Books by Salman Akhtar, MD

Akhtar, Salman. The Crescent and the Couch: Cross-Currents Between Islam and Psychoanalysis. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 2008.

Akhtar, Salman. Immigration and Identity. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1999.

Akhtar, Salman. Regarding the Other: Reviews, Responses and Reflections. Pitchstone Publishing, 2007.

Akhtar, Salman. New Clinical Realms: Pushing the Envelope of Theory and Technique. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 2003.

Books by Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA 

Allen, J.G. & Fonagy, P. The Handbook of Mentalization-Based Treatment. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2006.

Bateman, A. & Fonagy, P. Mentalization-Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Practical Guide. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Bateman, A. & Fonagy, P. Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Mentalization-Based Treatment. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Download additional suggested readings by Peter Fonagy.

Books By Judith Viorst

Viorst, Judith. Grown-Up Marriage: What We Know, Wish We Had Known and Still Need to Know About Being Married. New York: Free Press, 2003.

Viorst, Judith. Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow. New York: Fireside, 1986.

Viorst, Judith. Imperfect Control: Our Lifelong Struggles With Power and Surrender. New York: Fireside, 1998.

Viorst, Judith. I'm Too Young to be Seventy: And Other Delusions. New York: Free Press, 2006.

Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 1972.

Viorst, Judith. The Tenth Good Thing About Barney. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 1971.

Suggested Books About Eating and Eating Disorders
Bruch, Hilde.  Conversations with Anorexics. New York: Basic Books, 1988. 

Bruch, Hilde. The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1978.

Hirschmann, Jane R. & Zaphiropoulos, Lela. Preventing Childhood Eating Problems. Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books, 1993.

Kano, Susan. Making Peace With Food. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.

Orbach, Susie. Fat is a Feminist Issue. New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, l978.

Orbach, Susie. Fat is a Feminist Issue II. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1987.

Orbach, Susie. Hunger Strike: Starving Amidst Plenty. New York: Other Press, 2001.

Orbach, Susie. On Eating. London: Penguin Books, 2002. (Available from www.gurze.net and from Amazon.co.uk.)

Women's Therapy Center Institute. Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model. New York: Basic Books, 1994

Other Books By Susie Orbach, PhD

Orbach, Susie. The Impossibility of Sex. London: Penguin Books, 2000. 

Orbach, Susie. Towards Emotional Literacy. London: Virago, 2001.

Orbach, Susie. What�s Really Going on Here? London: Virago, 1994.

Orbach, Susie & Eichenbaum, Luise. Between Women: Love, Envy & Competition in Women's Friendships. London: Penguin, 1989.

Eichenbaum, Luise & Orbach, Susie. What Do Women Want? Exploding the Myth of Dependency. New York: Coward McCann, 1983.

Eichenbaum, Luise & Orbach, Susie. Understanding Women: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Approach. New York: Basic Books, l983. (expanded version of the following book)                                

Eichenbaum, Luise & Orbach, Susie. Outside In Inside Out: A Feminist and Psychoanalytic Approach to Women's Psychology. London: Penguin Books, 1982.

Suggested Books About Psychoanalytic Treatment
Frattaroli, Elio. Healing the Soul in the Age of the Brain: Becoming Conscious in an Unconscious World. New York: Viking, 2001.

Gaylin, Willard. Talk Is Not Enough: How Psychotherapy Really Works. New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2000.

Klonicki, Elaine L. Thinking About Therapy? What to Expect From "The Talking Cure". Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse, 2002.

Lichtenberg, Joseph D. The Talking Cure: A Descriptive Guide to Psychoanalysis. Hillsdale, New Jersey: The Analytic Press, 1985.

Lindner, Robert. The Fifty Minute Hour. New York: Other Press, 1999.

Merrill, James. A Different Person: A Memoir. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

Rodman, F. Robert. Keeping Hope Alive: On Becoming a Psychotherapist. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.

Vaughan, Susan C. The Talking Cure: The Science Behind Psychotherapy. New York: Putnam, 1997.

Vaughan, Susan C. Half Empty Half Full: Understanding the Psychological Roots of Optimism. New York: Harcourt, 2000.

Volkan, Vamik D. What Do You Get When You Cross A Dandelion With A Rose? The True Story of a Psychoanalysis. New York: Jason Aronson, 1984.

Wheelis, Allen. How People Change. New York: Harper Perennial, 1973.

We welcome your suggestions of books about psychoanalytic treatment that are suitable for general audiences. Contact David Moore PhD at info@ncpsychoanalysis.org.