As simply and directly as the title is given, so is the book written. In a clean, economical and forthright presentation, Fried states the case for the requirement that the therapies set their goals beyond the achievement of understanding to reach for the accomplishment of genuine and lasting growth. It is a theme presented in many variations from the beginning, and by the end, Fried convinces us of the possibility and wins us over to the attempt.

Dynamic psychotherapy is the vehicle of choice. The system she outlines here combines classical analytic theory and technique with ego psychology and the newer therapies. The core of the process of change is that of identifying ego arrests and liberating the ego from them to permit the regenerative