Michael Jacobs was for many years director of the counselling and psychotherapy programme at the University of Leicester. He is one of the pioneers of psychodynamic counselling and therapy in Britain. He has written and edited over sixty books including Sigmund Freud (SAGE, 2nd edition, 2003) and D.W. Winnicott (SAGE, 1995). He has been a visiting professor at Leeds and Bournemouth Universities and has a Ph.D, his thesis being on psychoanalytic criticism of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. He has retired from practice as a therapist and supervisor, and as a teacher and trainer, but maintains a keen interest in the development of psychodynamic thinking and practice.
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The Life of Sigmund Freud Freud's Major Theoretical Contributions Freud's Major Contributions to Practice Criticisms and Rebuttals Freud's Influence on Therapy and the Wider World
'Will be welcomed by those seeking a good introduction to Freud and by others who already "know" him... Jacobs' book helps us both in our own search for meaning and in appreciating why Freud continues to be a major milestone in it'