This is a well written presentation of the use of joint parent-adolescent interviews during the introductory phases, and occasionally in later phases, of the analysis of younger adolescents, ages twelve to sixteen. The author presents specific indications, gains to be realized, such as lessening of resistances and furthering of the therapeutic alliance, and pitfalls in the areas of transference and countertransference to be avoided. Such technical maneuvers are presented within the framework of Eissler's definition of 'parameters' as deviations from classical psychoanalytic work.