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This is a collection of Wallerstein's essays, written between 1951 and 1973. Generally, the work achieves balance and demonstrates
the range of its author's interests over the past twenty-five years. In four of the papers, Lewis Robbins, Ishak Ramzy, Harold Samson, and Neil Smelser were co-authors.
In "The Role of Prediction in Theory Building in Psychoanalysis," the author reminds us that although it is not usually described as such, prediction does play a significant role in all phases of analytic work from diagnosis to treatment. The role of prediction was studied in the Psychotherapy Research Project of the Menninger Clinic. Predictions were made according to the formula: "If this occurs, then this will happen because of these assumptions in our theory." The study aimed at tracing and examining "the natural history" of the processes and outcomes of psychoanalytic psychotherapies.
In a chapter entitled "Research Training for Psychotherapies," Wallerstein carefully examines the advantages and pitfalls of research training, cautioning the reader that research can be used to advance psychoanalysis only if properly approached. He points out that it can also be used perversely to defy established principles rather than to bring about real progress. He commends the research principle to his reader as generally advantageous, and suggests model programs for research training of the clinician and for clinical training of the researcher.
In "The Futures of Psychoanalytic Education," Wallerstein places psychoanalytic education in the framework of education in general and its difficulties. He cites Bernfeld's proposal that all psychoanalytic education be abolished in favor of a return to the informality of earlier days. He also mentions Kairys's suggestion that the training analysis should be separated as much as possible from the educational progression. He carefully argues that our analytic training centers have used the educational process to gather evidence of