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Dunbar discusses selection of cases for brief psychotherapy. Psychosomatic
disorders frequently are suitable but this partly depends on the accompanying character neurosis. Use of the 'personality profile' is discussed.
The author takes up difficulties in brief therapy such as 'empty sessions', 'black-out', 'exploiting the analyst', the 'filibuster', the 'all or none reaction', impatience in the patient, and the timing of appointments. She stresses the fact that a skilled psychoanalyst can by brief therapy help many patients who would otherwise remain untreated.