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| Introduction Gigliola Fornari Spoto | xiii |
| Preface | xxi |
| Acknowledgements | xxvii |
| Chapter 1 The Narcissism of the Analyst: Its Effect in Clinical Practice | 1 |
| Chapter 2 The Value of Reconstruction in Adult Psychoanalysis | 11 |
| Chapter 3 Separation: A Clinical Problem | 22 |
| Chapter 4 Matters of Life and Death — Real and Assumed | 34 |
| Chapter 5 Cruelty and Narrowmindedness | 48 |
| Chapter 6 Hysteria | 62 |
| Chapter 7 Meaning and Meaningfulness: Touching the Untouchable | 78 |
| Chapter 8 The Recovery of the Good Object Relationship: The Conflict with the Superego | 94 |
| Epilogue | 107 |
| Introduction to the Clinical Seminars Franco De Masi | 109 |
| Chapter 9 Unbearable Pain | 113 |
| Chapter 10 Deprivation and Violence | 135 |
| Chapter 11 Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma | 155 |