Description
A century after the birth of psychoanalysis, many analysts adhere rigidly to the early precepts: use of the couch, keeping solemn distance between patient and therapist, et cetera. On the other hand, many wildly unorthodox therapists, without real training or sufficient theoretical knowledge, practice loose and zany new methods of treatment. Here is the account of one preeminent psychoanalyst's development, during the years since World War II when psychiatry became an important force in America, and his quest for an innovative form of therapy that would still be theoretically sound.
Dr. Robertiello accepts the orthodox psychiatric basis for diagnosis and treatment, but he differs sharply in focusing on a much more informal human relationship between analyst and patient. He truly goes "beyond the couch."
ISBN:0312652399
