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The material for this commentary is a session of work in ongoing marital therapy. As always the generosity of all the contributors needs acknowledging. The task of presenting work to public scrutiny and the time and thought put into the commentaries are considerable, and it is valuable for all of us able to read the results.
The question of how we characterize the psychoanalytic endeavour is an issue the commentaries inevitably illuminate. The emphasis upon process, the interaction within the session, the interest in perception rather than external fact, and the search for knowledge, however uncomfortable that knowledge may be, come through in these contributions from different thinkers. The three commentators all describe themselves as psychoanalytic psychotherapists. James Fisher, somewhat reluctantly, adds post-Kleinian to that title. Monica Lanman specifies her marital psychotherapy stance. Ann Morgan also mentions her group analytic perspective. All the commentaries are illuminating, reflecting the thought-provoking nature of clinical material presented by all our contributors over the years, and it is best to let the presentation and essays speak for themselves.
Katherine Arnold