Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man: Psychoanalysis and Masculinity

Images and ideas associated with masculinity are forever in flux. In this book, Donald Moss addresses the never-ending effort of men―regardless of sexual orientation―to shape themselves in relation to the unstable notion of masculinity. Part 1 looks at the lifelong labor faced by boys and men of assessing themselves in relation to an always shifting, always receding, ideal of "masculinity." In Part 2, Moss considers a series of nested issues regarding homosexuality, homophobia and psychoanalysis. Part 3 focuses on the interface between the body experienced as a private entity and the body experienced as a public entity―the body experienced as one’s own and the body subject to the judgments, regulations and punishments of the external world. The final part looks at men and violence. Men must contend with the entwined problems of regulating aggression and figuring out its proper level, aiming to avoid both excess and insufficiency. This section focuses on excessive aggression and its damaging consequences, both to its object and to its subjects. Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Man will be of great interest not only to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, but also to a much wider audience of readers interested in gender studies, queer studies, and masculinity.

Moss, Donald

Reference

Routledge

Psychoanalysis in a Plague Year

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Selecting one sentence from each session every day, Donald Moss has recorded the words spoken by his patients during one year of ‘Covid-time’. The patients conjure a moving mixture of the mundane and extraordinary, giving readers a perspective on psychoanalytic practice and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Clustered together in ways akin to poetic verse, these sentences preserve the mood of the analyst’s working day, reflecting the common ground shared by analyst and patient in these unprecedented times. Pandemic-related concerns and everyday problems are seen to persist in these extreme circumstances, affording the reader clinical insights into the daily life of contemporary psychoanalysts. With a clear preface from the author and a remarkable foreword by Timothy J. Clark, the book is grounded in a contemporary psychoanalytic context. 
An insightful companion into psychoanalytic practice, the book will interest therapists and analysts in training and in practice, as well as readers intrigued by what happens behind the closed doors of the consulting room.

At War with the Obvious: Disruptive Thinking in Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalytic thought has already transformed our basic assumptions about the psychic life of individuals and cultures. Those assumptions often take on the valence of common sense. However, this can mean that their original and important meanings often become obscured. Disruptive ideas become domesticated. At War with the Obvious aims to return those ideas to their original disruptive status.  Donald Moss explores a wide range of issues―the loosening of constraints on deep systematized forms of hatred, clinical, and technical matters, the puzzling status of revenge and forgiveness, a consideration of the dynamics of climate change denial, and an innovative look at the problem of voice in the clinical situation. Because it is rooted in a profound reconsideration of the origins of psychic life, psychoanalysis remains vital, in spite of the perennial efforts to keep it effaced and quieted. Moss covers a range of central psychoanalytic concepts to argue that only by examining and challenging our everyday assumptions about issues like sexuality, punishment, creativity, analytic neutrality, and trauma, can psychoanalysis offer a radical alternative to other forms of therapy. At War with the Obvious will appeal to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists, cultural theorists and anyone for whom incisive psychoanalytic thought matters.

At War with the Obvious

Pathways to Illness, Pathways to Health

This book, designed for professionals, introduces a psychobiological model for understanding the paths that lead people to illness and provides recommendations for alterations of maladaptive pathways so that health is regained. Research findings are incorporated to identify causal variables for illness that can be targets for change. Evidence based recommendations for healthy behaviors and therapies are described. Throughout the book, the authors emphasize recognition of turning points on the path to illness that, through informed decision making and implementation of behavioral change, can be re-directed to pathways to health. This book presents case material to illustrate the directions that lead people to illness or to health. The pathways metaphor provides an organizing force, both in addressing variables contributing to illness onset, and in identifying interventions to restore health. This approach will guide the clinician to understanding how people become ill and the types of interventions that are appropriate for stress related illnesses. The clinician will also become better informed about ways to help clients make better decisions, mobilize clients’ survival skills, and implement an interactive model of care. The book includes chapters on stress-related illnesses with high prevalence in today’s society. For each illness, the genetic-psychobiological etiology is explored with enough detail so that the clinician understands the best method of patient assessment and treatment. One of the strengths of the book is the step-wise system of interventions that are applied to the stress-related illnesses. Beginning with re-establishment of normal daily psychobiological rhythms and continuing to evidence based state of the art interventions, the professional is presented with detailed intervention plans.
For example, the section on "Applications to common illnesses: metabolic disorders of behavior: diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia" considers the confluence of genetics, behavior, and maladaptive mind body interactions to produce the metabolic syndrome. Then the personal and professional assessments are described to establish the baseline for recommending treatment while fully engaging the patient. Finally, multilevel interventions are formulated for these disorders. The plan begins with clinician guided self care recommendations to re-establish the normal rhythm of appetite and satiety. The next level of interventions consists of skill building techniques, such as relaxation and imagery. Lastly, psychotherapy and advanced applied psychophysiological interventions are detailed. Case examples are used throughout to illustrate the pathways to illness, the turning points, and the pathways to health. From the patients’ viewpoints, the pathways metaphor is a motivator. The patient is guided to understand the paths that led to illness. Subsequently, the patient becomes empowered by the pathways framework to begin to make choices that lead to health.

McGrady, Angele

Springer

This book offers a psychobiological model for understanding the paths that lead people to illness, and suggests changes in maladaptive pathways. Covers stress-related illnesses including genetic-psychobiological etiology, and outlines multilevel interventions.

In introducing this collection of 13 recently published essays, Moss (New York U. Psychoanalytic Institute) argues that psychoanalytic thinking can help us understand such forms of hatred as terrorism. E.g., one contributor probes how dis-identification with the other blocks comprehension of such acts as the September 11, 2001 attacks. Others analyze actual or literary case studies. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Hating in the First Person Plural

Psychology & Counseling

Other Press

An unspeakable horror lurks beneath the surface of the highly suspect 2020 presidential election, blasphemous Biden policies, fake news, woke cancel culture, elected lunatics and an economy on the verge of implosion. Alas, an ancient supernatural evil is destroying America. This same dark power destroyed another nation long ago. In ancient Israel, Almighty God called Elijah the Tishbite, out of the mountains, to challenge evil rulers and an abominable religion that reveled in nature worship, sexual perversity and child sacrifice. In a series of mind-boggling confrontations, Elijah called down heavenly fire three times to prove God's power and destroy two companies of enemy soldiers sent to kill him. God is about to do it again - the Elijah Awakening is coming to Make America Great Again (MAGA). Donald A. Moss, former pastor/evangelist and prophetic voice of The Third Day: A Revelation of the Coming Revival, Writers Club Press 2002, takes you on another incredible spiritual journey to witness the coming supernatural revolution - the "God Solution," to America's terrible problem. You'll discover: <ul><li>The coming supernatural revival </li><li>Jezebel's Agenda in America</li><li>The dark rulers of Baalism </li><li>Child sacrifice in Biden's America</li><li>American "Elijahs" will arise</li><li>Elijah's miracles as tactical weapons</li><li>The Army of God</li><li>Women as anointed warriors </li><li>God will shake America </li><li>3 confrontations that aid MAGA </li><li>A "removal of Ahaziah" will occur </li></ul> The Elijah Awakening foretells of what God is about to do in America. It will be a time of spiritual warfare against evil powers and principalities. Anointed believers will rise up in the spirit of Elijah, to call down fire on demonic strongholds destroying our nation. God is not finished with America. Indeed, the whirlwind is coming and we will Make America God's Again!" -Donald A. Moss

The Elijah Awakening

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Elijah Awakening Press

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Moss, Donald. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Moss, Donald

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Moss, Donald. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man: Psychoanalysis and Masculinity

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man: Psychoanalysis and Masculinity

Psychoanalysis in a Plague Year

Psychoanalysis in a Plague Year

At War with the Obvious

At War with the Obvious: Disruptive Thinking in Psychoanalysis

Pathways to Illness, Pathways to Health

Pathways to Illness, Pathways to Health

Hating in the First Person Plural

The Elijah Awakening