M. Guy Thompson, "Existential Psychoanalysis: A Contemporary Introduction" (Routledge, 2025)

A fascinating introductory volume, Existential Psychoanalysis: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2025) integrates existential philosophy with psychoanalysis, drawing on key

theorists from both areas and expertly guiding the reader on how to

incorporate these two disciplines, which may appear disparate on the

surface, into their clinical and theoretical work.

This unique

and accessible book sees M. Guy Thompson explore key concepts, such as

experience, authenticity, freedom, psychic change, agency, and the

pervasive role of suffering in our lives. Throughout, he draws on a wide

range of thinkers from both fields, including Sartre, Heidegger,

Nietzsche, Freud, Winnicott, Bion, Laing, and Lacan. Exquisitely lucid

and engaging, Thompson deftly brings the reader into thoughtful and

enlightening territory typically inaccessible to the general reader.