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In their thoughtful introduction to this volume, the editors comment on “a marked tension between child psychotherapy and mainstream empirical research” that has persisted until recently (p. 4). Researchers have been dismissive of the potential for systematic study of the psychotherapeutic enterprise; clinicians have eschewed research, wary of invasive interventions that could distort the processes and outcomes under study. This view of research as inimical to clinical work has contributed to a lag in the development of research methods adequate to the task of studying the fluid processes characteristic of the psychotherapeutic endeavor. At a time when our profession is increasingly challenged to give proof of the effectiveness of our interventions, this collection of research papers is framed not just as a compilation of research findings but as evidence of the intrinsic benefits of research to the development of our theory and the systematizing of our practice. Cognizant that the methods of traditional experimental science are inadequate, the editors aim to present a “selection of pioneering studies” that exemplifies the richness of methodologies now available to investigate psychotherapeutic intervention in a manner both scientifically rigorous and clinically valid (p. 11). The book is organized into four parts: Part I expands our consideration of what constitutes research in the clinical setting by contrasting two methodological approaches; Part II includes four examples of psychotherapy process research; Part III focuses on studies of outcome changes and clinical effectiveness of child psychotherapy; Part IV presents some contributions of child psychotherapy research in the wider context of related disciplines. The editors state that they aim “to highlight the considerations that must be addressed if research is to do justice to the distinctiveness of the psychoanalytic approach” (p. 10). However, the focus is on studies of psychodynamic therapeutic treatments,