We have to remember that clinical practice does not exist as an arena for the display of psychodynamic theory; rather psychodynamic theory exists to preserve and develop whatever insights we gain in clinical practice.

So says Harry Guntrip. It is clear that this thought is well attended to throughout the book. Guntrip shares with us, in considerable detail, his scholarly thoughts about the development of object relations theory in psychoanalysis. In much less detail, he relates the way in which he practices psychoanalysis. The book is divided into two parts. The first