The Teaching and Learning of Psychoanalysis: Selected Papers of Joan Fleming, M.D., edited by Stanley S. Weiss. New York: Guilford Press, 1987, 216 pp., $25.00.

Here we have a monumental book about a very significant person, especially to those of us in Chicago. Dr. Weiss has done a remarkable job in selecting some of the most significant articles by Joan Fleming on the issue that also is the title of the book. In addition he has included an excellent forward by Robert Wallerstein, who knew Dr. Fleming's work and ideas very well, and a fine epilogue of his own based on his experiences with Fleming in this area. The articles include one by Fleming and Benedek and four which the editor wrote with Fleming. There are also four articles written exclusively by Fleming.

By reading this book, one has an opportunity to rework one's ideas about what it means to become a psychoanalyst. It begins with the nature of analytic learning, the concept of self-analysis, and the central features of being a psychoanalyst. Then it goes on to trace the steps in the training process. Fleming integrated all of these steps and she saw them as forming a cohesive whole. That is, she saw the didactic and clinical aspects as being interrelated, and she identified, very carefully and specifically, the interface between the didactic and clinical and supervisory experiences and the training analysis. The book includes specific case material relating to the issues of selection and matriculation that demonstrates very clearly how Fleming felt the Chicago Institute should go about these processes: Not only what to look for in the candidate but even how to go about evaluating the candidate or potential candidate. There are also excellent clinical examples of supervision. Finally, she goes on to the training of the supervisor himself or herself. The articles serve to trace the full educational process of the candidate then, from selection through