ABSTRACT

This book illustrates clinical, psychoanalytic approaches to understanding people in depth, even when breadth of understanding is severely constricted by the brevity of a consultation. It considers the changing times in which psychoanalytic psychotherapists carry on consulting.

part I|24 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|22 pages

Overview

part III|79 pages

The Consultation Process

chapter 4|21 pages

How to begin?

chapter 5|19 pages

Working over

chapter 6|21 pages

The close

chapter 7|16 pages

The minute particulars

part IV|37 pages

Special Domains

chapter 8|19 pages

Trauma

chapter 9|16 pages

Very troubled patients

part V|27 pages

Views from Elsewhere

chapter 11|4 pages

Afterthoughts