When we learn from psychoanalytical experience, “Who is the teacher?”, I am sure many subtle answers could be found to such an impertinent question. Patrick Casement, an English analyst of the Middle Group, has certainly learnt a lot about learning from psychoanalytical experience: from Winnicott, Bion, Balint, Little, Sandler, Searles and Langs. These analysts differ widely in theoretical outlook as well as in technique, but they have at least two things in common: they are all original analysts, taking personal responsibility for their way of moving (within) psychoanalysis - an ethical approach - and they make a point of learning from the patient.

In this approach, Casement has gained a deep trust, and thus he sets out to investigate and clarify its technical aspects and implications in his own experience. With the publication by Tavistock in 1985 of his book, On learning from the patient, I think a tradition has finally crystallized. The Swedish publishers Wahlström & Widstrand were alert enough to have it