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… Every reader will be grateful to the author for the frankness with which he exposes his background and the derivation of his views. He has certainly stuck to Jung's idea when he considers the personality of the analyst as one of the most essential factors in the outcome of therapy. In fact, the first three chapters (out of nine) quite overtly, although not exclusively, refer to the analyst as the personal factor in analysis. In particular, Lambert (always generous in acknowledging his debt to his analyst and other colleagues), admits from the start cross-fertilization by the Freud-Jung group, a private enterprise which has been a going concern since 1964. Thus two ways of analytical practice, which at one time had been regarded as incompatible and even inimical, have drawn very close together; so close that the reader may wonder at times whether the distinction is still of practical relevance.…
… What Lambert says here cuts across all sectarianism between analytic schools. But there is so much else of value to be found in other places which requires detailed consideration. The title, the structure and content of this volume all require close attention. At first, the Jungian reader may be struck by the tripartite title: he knows about analysis and individuation, but repair (as a separate issue) may remind him of ‘reparation’ and that, like ‘envy’ and ‘gratitude’, points distinctly in the Kleinian direction. Add to this ‘object relations’, which together with ‘internal objects’ and archetypes make up chapter 5, to be followed by 6, ‘Reconstruction’, and the Jungian reader may begin to wonder whether he finds himself on home territory. Dreams and dreaming make up the last but one chapter, which is followed by ‘The individuation process’ (the shortest chapter of all), and this is not likely to allay unease: surely this is not the usual ‘Jungian’ book. It stands to reason that when there is an attempted synthesis there is also a chance that a previously incisive therape