ABSTRACT

This book is about a psychotherapist in the making, so both the strengths and errors of the psychotherapist are laid bare for the reader to scrutinize. It discusses psychotherapy in relation to such areas as modes of cure, conscience.

part One|95 pages

Personal Qualities

chapter ONE|8 pages

The traditions and practice of psychotherapy

chapter TWO|12 pages

The psychotherapist's education

chapter THREE|12 pages

The analyst's inner task

chapter FOUR|15 pages

Imagination and curiosity of mind

chapter FIVE|11 pages

Mental pain and moral courage

chapter SIX|13 pages

Self-esteem in analyst and patient

chapter SEVEN|22 pages

Transference

part Two|111 pages

Professional Dilemmas

chapter EIGHT|11 pages

Modes of cure in psychotherapy

chapter NINE|6 pages

The seductive psychotherapist

chapter TEN|12 pages

Mimesis in narcissistic patients

chapter ELEVEN|21 pages

Narcissism

chapter TWELVE|10 pages

An analysis of greed

chapter THIRTEEN|7 pages

The origins of rage and aggression

chapter FOURTEEN|13 pages

The autonomy of the self

chapter FIFTEEN|13 pages

A question of conscience

chapter SIXTEEN|16 pages

Psychotherapy and religion