In contrast to the report by Chasseguet-Smirgel, Girard chooses to emphasize lacunae in Reich's theory which seem contemporary and helpful in developing a metapsychological approach to orgasm. To review Reich's work is to follow the development of a resistance to psychoanalysis, and hence his work may be helpful in showing us how to integrate orgasm into psychological theory. Reich's work was contemporary with Ferenczi's Thalassa, Rank's The Trauma of Birth, and Freud's Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety and shared the vast, visionary constructions of these works. Girard reviews in detail the Reichian theory and its divergences from Freud. He then cites works on female sexuality which have shown the importance of fantasy experiences in opposition to the physiological