Lewis Brandt writes from a perspective that is rich and varied. He teaches psychology at the University of Saskatchewan and also conducts a practice in psychoanalysis. While being trained in psychoanalysis Brandt worked as a translator. In addition to total fluency in German (his native language), French and English, he also has a working knowledge of Spanish and Russian.

Brandt's aim in Psychologists Caught is twofold: He wishes to convey to English speaking psychologists an awareness of European psychologies which by and large may be unfamiliar to them. He also essays a critique of North American psychology, which is largely experimental and behaviorist, from a primarily introspectionist and nonstatistical viewpoint.