This book explores the compulsions and trauma that underlie addiction, using an intersubjective approach in seeking to understand the inspirations and challenges arising from the psychoanalytic treatment of addiction, compulsivity, and related dissociative conditions.

Darren M. Haber is a psychoanalyst practising in west Los Angeles. He specializes in treating childhood trauma, addiction (including children/partners of alcoholics) and anxiety/depression. He has been published online at the Los Angeles Review of Books, Psyche magazine and the APA blog site. He has appeared numerous times in the journal Psychoanalysis, Self and Context. His paper "Yearning for Godot" won the 2017 Dr. Daphne S. Stolorow Memorial Essay award, as well as the 2016 IJPSP Best Candidate Essay contest. His paper "Intimate Strangers" also won a 2018 Daphne S. Stolorow award. He frequently guest-teaches ICP classes and various seminars. Finally, he was a guest on the weekly radio talk-show "Engaging Minds," and blogs regularly on GoodTherapy.org, Psychology Today and other sites. His website is www.therapistinlosangeles.com.

1. Yearning for Godot: Repetition and Vulnerability in Psychoanalysis 2. The Doorknob Dilemma 3. Intimate Strangers: Albert Camus and Absurdity in Psychoanalysis 4. Lost in Reflection: Winnicottian Mirroring and Invisibility in Early Caregiving 5. Accommodating Brandchaft: Theory and Transference in Analytic Training 6. Comedy of Terrors: Franz Kafka and a Vexing Case of Porn Addiction 7. Simulated Selfhood, Authentic Dialogue: An Intersubjective-Systems Look at Treating Addiction 8. Reflections in the Fog: Transferential challenges and COVID-19