Imagine a case conference held somewhere in Manhattan. Analysts have been invited from a few local institutes: most from NPAP, some from IPTAR and the New York Freudian Society, a few from the N.Y.U. Postdoctoral Program, and a couple from relatively new self psychology institutes. Each reports on an analysis in the usual format of case reports: a brief introduction identifying the author's theoretical lineage, fragments of the analysis, and a conclusion. There is no discussion among the participants but a chairperson offers an introductory overview and a few summary remarks. Someone records and transcribes the proceedings and mails you a copy of the resulting 400 pages bound between two plain, hard