The critical concepts of psychoanalysis are castration, disavowal, narcissism, the superego, identification, and sublimation. This book aims to serve as a handy tool for clinical work and a gateway to psychoanalysis for readers who are not analysts - psychologists, medical professionals, judges, educators, and nurses.

It is also an original contribution to psychoanalytic thought.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]