This is an ambitious book, evidently the product of more than a decade of work. It is encyclopedic in its consideration of the various theories of psychoanalytic technique, but, were its subject not so vast, one would be tempted to regard it as a monograph. It is catholic in its inclusiveness, but at the same time, the panorama it presents has been distilled through the author's intelligence so that it has the mark of personal scholarship.

I will begin by giving a brief description of the book, to indicate what I mean by “encyclopedic,” but will devote the majority of this review to consideration of its personal, “monographic” aspect.

The book is organized into six parts: Introduction to the Problems of Technique, On Transference and Countertransference, On Interpretation and Other Instruments, On the Nature of the Psychoanalytic Process, On the Stages of Analysis, and On the Vicissitudes of the Psychoanalytic Process. These encompass a total of 60 chapters. Of these, two are devoted to indications for analysis