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May 18, 1990
Your most recent issue (Volume 38, Number 1) contains an article on unconscious fantasies by Drs. Inderbitzin and Levy in which the schema model is considered as one of three conceptual trends, the other two being the work of Arlow and Brenner and of Sandler. The authors ask probing questions about each of the three approaches, and I wish to respond to those pertaining to the schema model.
This model has not been extensively presented, being represented in the literature by only four, somewhat repetitive articles. A more comprehensive presentation in the form of a monograph is in press and may answer these and other questions which, understandably, have been raised.
Drs. Inderbitzin and Levy observe that borrowing psychological terms and giving them altered meanings may give rise to semantic