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Philip A. Ringstrom's creative and enlightening “interdisciplinary” contribution forges a bridge between the fields of relational psychoanalysis and family and couple therapy. This credible achievement reflects the author's longtime experience as a supervisee of Stephen Mitchell (the lodestar of the relational movement) and his clinical expertise as an integrator of relational, self psychological, and systems (complexity) theory. Although this review begins with a word of caution about the book's small-sized print and somewhat dense and overly structured (partitioned) format, it draws attention to the encompassing theoretical foundation and rich “nuts and bolts” approach. As a learning opportunity steeped in applied psychoanalysis, the text offers insights from