This article contains an interview with Allen Siegel, one of the well-known names of Self Psychology. Allen Siegel describes the psychotherapy process he had with Heinz Kohut, the founder of Self Psychology.

In this interview, the relationship between self psychology and mainstream psychoanalysis is examined together with clinical and theoretical details specific to this specific school. Siegel defines the state of self psychology in the United States by summarizing historical conditions and also focuses on the sub-divisions within the present-day structure of the school.