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This is a timely book of practical wisdom. Its author, Carl Goldberg, originally trained as a psychoanalyst, has spoken for many years with an existential-humanistic voice. This voice, at times an eloquent one, addresses anyone involved in the practice of psychotherapy, but particularly those in solo practice. The book's timeliness, for the psychoanalyst readers of this journal, results from the current emphasis on the primacy of relatedness in the therapeutic process. The actual personality of the analyst, like the actual personality of early attachment figures, emerges as crucial in relational and intersubjective views of human nature and of the psychoanalytic process. There is no place here for blank screens and surgical detachment.
Goldberg's book, although written several years ago (1986, Gardner Press), is exactly to the point. He explores and suggests hypotheses about the personal history, motivation, and self-care of the people who become and remain psychotherapists. He examines the beliefs and values of therapists and discusses at length the emotional hazards of our work. These result directly from sustained