Influenced by the work of J. L. Sutherland, Hildebrand is enthusiastic in his hope for the future of psychoanalysis through psychotherapeutic interventions in the social order. He feels that the future of psychoanalysis will depend in great measure on its response to the social needs of our time. For this reason he focuses on the relationship between psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. He reviews the economic and social reasons which bring analysts to work as consultants in psychotherapeutic services, citing Freud's remarks favoring such an application of analytic knowledge. He advocates the teaching of psychotherapy in institutes. Unless this is done there is a risk of isolating analysts from practical social concerns.