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February 11, 1989
To the Editor:
Alan Grey, in his recent article "Sullivan's contribution to psychoanalysis: An overview" discussed the treatment of Sullivan's ideas in the current orthodox psychoanalytic literature (Grey, 1988). I will expand upon his quotation from Cooper (1985, p. 11):
A portion of the growth of psychoanalytic theory can be seen as the effort to incorporate, often without acknowledgement, the valid aspects of the critique of oppositional schools. Recently, for example, Sullivan's work has increasingly reappeared in mainstream psychoanalysis, not always with attribution.
Remarkably, a recent article in the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis goes a step farther (Boesky, 1988). Here is my letter to the editor of that publication and his response:
T. T. S. Hayley, Ph.D.
Institute of Psycho-Analysis
63 New Cavendish Street
London, W1M 7RD, England
October 11, 1988
Dear Editor,
Dale Boesky's paper, "Comments on the structural theory of technique, " appearing in the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 69:303–316, 1988, asserts