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For those who await each new work from the prolific and controversial John Gedo, Impasse and Innovation in Psychoanalysis will be disappointing. In this volume the now-retired Gedo assumes the role of analyst emeritus as he comments on the cases presented by analytic candidates. This book grew out of an elective case seminar conducted by Gedo and his co-editor Mark Gehrie, at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis during 1988-1989. Audio tapes of some of the sessions were made, and four cases were chosen by Gedo and Gehrie for inclusion in the book. The transcripts from the case seminars are preceded by an introduction and followed by lengthy commentaries by Gehrie. Notes and commentary by Gedo also follow each case.
The main problem with Impasse and Innovation in Psychoanalysis is that it lacks momentum. Gehrie's introductions and summary