Here a selection of her work, edited and with an introduction by Richard Rusbridger, is brought together in a collection which demonstrates the contribution that O’Shaughnessy has made to many areas of psychoanalysis, from personality organisations, the superego, psychic refuges and the Oedipus complex to the subject of whether a liar can be psychoanalysed. Inquiries in Psychoanalysis is a record of clinical work and thinking over sixty years of psychoanalytic practice with children and adults.
This wide-ranging selection of work will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and students.
Edna O’Shaughnessy is a Distinguished Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and a training and supervising analyst for adults and children. She is also a supervisor in the Adult Department of the Tavistock Clinic as well as in the Child and Family Department.
Richard Rusbridger is a training and supervising analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society and an Honorary Reader at University College, London.