One of the major problems preoccupying many psychoanalysts today is the nature of the processes which occur in the doctor-patient relationship—the so-called transference and counter-transference. Although considerable attention has been devoted to this emotional interplay, it is only recently that interest has turned to the communication aspects. The content of communication has been examined either by the analyst in his study of symbolism, or by the semanticist in his study of the logic of meaning. Dr. Barbara has combined some of all of these elements into a fresh and original holistic approach to the means and process of commmunication. He focuses mainly on factors in personality which influence or distort the verbal interrelationship. Although as a practicing psychoanalyst he is primarily interested in the clinical, the patient-doctor situation; what he discusses