Vamik D Volkan, MD, (Charlottesville, Virginia) is emeritus professor of psychiatry and founder of the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction at the University of Virginia School…

In this timely multidimensional study, historian Jouni Suistola and psychoanalyst Vamik D. Volkan draw on their respective disciplines and their own personal and professional experiences to investigate the historical and…

Psychoanalyst Vamik Volkan, who left Cyprus for the US as a young man, brings his own experiences as an immigrant to bear on this study of the psychology of immigrants…

The author provides clinical illustrations of primitive transference and counter transference manifestations. He defines satellite states in which an individual finds a balance between experiencing individuation and remaining dependent on…

This book examines adults’ identifications and internal relationships with their siblings’ mental representations. The authors believe that the best way to illustrate clinical formulations and psychoanalytic theoretical concepts is to…

This book examines adults’ identifications and internal relationships with their siblings’ mental representations. The authors believe that the best way to illustrate clinical formulations and psychoanalytic theoretical concepts is to…

This book explores the intersection of clinical and social aspects of traumatic experiences in postdictatorial and post-war societies, forced migration, and other circumstances of collective violence. Contributors outline conceptual approaches…

Regional and Ethnic Conflicts: Perspectives from the Front Lines provides an alternative vantage point that contributes new perspectives to the study of ethnopolitical conflict. The interest and insights students gain…