Mapping the Landscape
Explorations in Psychoanalysis
Priscilla Roth author Tomasz Fortuna editor Ignes Sodre editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:16th Oct '25
£34.99
This title is due to be published on 16th October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Mapping the Landscape: Explorations in Psychoanalysis offers an overview and exploration of Priscilla Roth’s unique contribution to psychoanalysis over the course of her long and distinguished career.
This book takes the reader on a journey through psychoanalytic clinical practice and the significance of themes such as: identity, identification, idealisation and reparation. This collection shows a variety of Roth’s interests but also the continuity of her approach - the unconscious thread, which links thoughts and memories together. Through close examination of the moment-to-moment psychoanalytic work, she emphasises how unconscious processes influence both patient and analyst without either of them becoming aware of it. In this sense, each analysis is unique. The second part of the book allows for reflection on lessons drawn from her work, and how psychoanalysis poses the question of what it means to be oneself for the analyst and the patient.
Reflecting her strong compassion for patients and depth of understanding of the nature of psychoanalysis, this is key reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and anyone interested in the experiences underpinning humanity in each of us.
'Reading Priscilla Roth’s papers, collected here for the first time, is a remarkable pleasure: lucid, compassionate and deeply humane, she brings the reader into the consulting room where we follow her careful thinking alongside her experience of her patients. These richly attuned, precisely depicted essays bring psychoanalysis to life. Singularly adept at evoking the texture of an analytic hour, Roth conveys complex theoretical principles in language every analyst will appreciate.'
Dr. Lynne Zeavin, The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Journal of American Psychoanalytic Association
'Mapping the Landscape shows us a skillful clinician and lucid psychoanalytic thinker at work. Priscilla Roth’s essays are important contributions to contemporary Kleinian literature. They are already required reading on various clinical trainings, and, thanks to this book, will deservedly gain a still wider readership. Highly recommended.'
Prof. Daniel Pick, Birkbeck, University of London, and British Psychoanalytical Society
'This is a fine collection of psychoanalytic papers, which reflect Priscilla Roth’s clinical experience and knowledge, and her deep understanding and sympathy with her patients. The writing is clear and direct, and she has the capacity to make even complex ideas accessible to the reader. This book should be of great interest and value to a wide variety of readers.'
Michael Feldman, Distinguished Fellow, British Psychoanalytical Society
'This collection of PR papers over a lifetime of practice as a distinguished psychoanalyst is prefaced and introduced by lucid contributions by Tomasz Fortuna and Ignes Sodre. These paper by PR are stimulating, insightful and the evidence of an intelligent mind at work on the human condition. We are given access to the very convincing process of her thinking and finding ways to communicate with her patients that is illuminating for all of us working in this field. We highly recommend this interesting and intelligent book.'
Martha Papadakis and Ron Britton
ISBN: 9781032959474
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
176 pages