ISD is delighted to feature Karnac Books as our September 2025 Publisher of the Month. We’ve asked Kate Pearce of Karnac Books to write up a few words about the press’s publishing program.
2025 sees Karnac Books celebrating 75 years as a specialist bookseller and publisher of books and journals about psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. We are the world’s leading independent psychoanalytic bookseller and publisher, and a beacon of excellence as well as a reassuring presence in the mental health world.
We are passionate about bringing the latest in psychoanalytic thought and research into the world while keeping classic works in print, including translations of important international works to the English-speaking world. We take pride in producing high-quality and reasonably priced publications that span the breadth of the psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic discipline.
We are the publishers of a number of key series, including the Freud Museum London, Psychotherapy Matters in partnership with the UKCP, the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies, and two new series launching later this year: French Psychoanalysis: Contemporary Voices, Classical Texts and Contemporary Bion. Our authors include international experts in the field, such as Christopher Bollas, Nina Coltart, Adam Phillips, Ann Casement, André Green, R. D. Hinshelwood, Vamık Volkan, Linda Hopkins, Sudhir Kakar, Brett Kahr, Michael Jacobs, Valerie Sinason, Howard B. Levine, Phil Mollon, Jani Santamaría, and Salman Akhtar, among many many more. We also publish five innovative journals across the spectrum of mental health that focus on attachment, couple and family psychoanalysis, forensic psychotherapy, organisational and social dynamics, and psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in China.
We value our relationships with our authors, customers, and colleagues in the field, and always strive to provide a personal and responsive service. From our many decades working alongside them, we have built strong partnerships with pivotal societies and organisations. We enjoy attending conferences worldwide as part of our commitment to the psychoanalytic community, bringing a targeted range books for our customers to browse and buy in person.
Karnac is iconic in the field of psychoanalysis. Our purpose is not to create accord but to stimulate debate, to open minds to new ways of working, to present opposing theories, to break down orthodoxies – and above all to question everything. We exist to disseminate new ideas and approaches to a wider readership through our publications. We look forward to the next 75 years to come.
Kate Pearce
Publisher
Karnac Books
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Featured Titles from Karnac
Backlist Highlights
- Flourishing Love by Enrico Gnaulati — Offers a secular, psychologically grounded guide to sustaining lasting, fulfilling partnerships, blending science, philosophy, clinical insight, and real-life stories to reveal how couples can nurture loyalty, intimacy, and vitality over the long term.
- Ruptures in the American Psyche by Michael J. Diamond — Examines Trumpism through a psychoanalytic lens, uncovering the cultural, social, and psychological forces behind destructive populism and its enduring impact on American democracy.
- Three Characters by Christopher Bollas — Illuminates the inner worlds of the narcissist, borderline, and manic depressive, showing how their shared axioms reveal unique logics of being, inviting clinicians and readers alike to empathize, understand, and support paths toward healing.
Recent Frontlist
- Radical Adventure by Andrew Feldmár — A pioneering reflection on psychedelic psychotherapy, this book traces Andrew Feldmár’s decades of clinical experience with LSD and MDMA to reveal how genuine human connection, not protocol, unlocks the profound healing potential of altered states.
- The Analyst’s Torment by Dhwani Shah — Drawing on vivid clinical insight, this book explores the analyst’s most difficult emotional states—shame, dread, jealousy, hopelessness, and more—showing how confronting these experiences with honesty and openness can deepen therapeutic work and foster patient growth.
- Demystifying Mind Control and Ritual Abuse by Alison Miller — This practical manual equips therapists to recognize, understand, and treat survivors of complex mind control and ritual abuse, offering clear guidance on dissociation, internal systems, safety, and healing strategies for both clients and clinicians.
Forthcoming in 2025
- Will the Future Like You? by Patricia Martin — Blending memoir, psychology, and cultural critique, this book investigates how technology and constant reinvention disrupt identity, offering stories and insights that show how resilience and self-discovery can help us thrive in a rapidly shifting digital age.(January 2026)
- Culinary Psychology by Stelios Kiosses and Beth Frates — Written by leading experts, this groundbreaking textbook introduces the emerging field of culinary psychology, showing how food choices shape mind and body, influence culture and relationships, and impact mental and physical well-being. (February 2026)