Technik Der Psychoanalyse II. Die Analytische Reaktion in Ihren Konstruktiven Elementen. Von Dr. Otto Rank.  Franz Deuticke, Leipzig und Wien. 1929. Pp.  121. Wahrheit und Wirklichkeit (Entwurf Einer Philosophie Des Seelischen). Von Dr. Otto Rank.  Franz Deuticke, Leipzig und Wien. 1929. Pp.  112.

The first volume of Rank's “Technik der Psychoanalyse” was reviewed in this journal about a year ago. (PSYCHOANALYTIC REVIEW, 1928, XV (Jan.), 115.) It considered that part of the subject having to do particularly with instinctive mechanisms and fixation points, and discussed at length the multiform phases of the Edipus situation. The present monograph (Vol. II) is concerned with the various aspects of the therapeutic experience, the personality of the therapist and the constructive elements in the analytic reaction. Rank discusses in a systematic manner first the patient's comprehension of the therapeutic situation and its temporary effect on the Ego, then in turn the psychology of choice or the adjustment of the “will problem,” the manner in which the Will mechanisms are utilized as resistance, its various characteristics in health and disorder and finally its action in the “terminal conflict.” For Rank this “Will therapy” is a very important part of the analytic situation. He also describes the methods by which the patient gains insight and self understanding, how mechanisms are made conscious and become integrated