What Do Psychoanalysts Want?: The Problem of Aims in Psychoanalytic Therapy

Joseph Sandler and Anna Ursula Dreher look at the way psychoanalysts have defined analysis both here and in the UK, from Freud to the present day, by decade. From this basis they set out a theory about aims which is extremely relevant to clinical practice today, discussing the issues from the point of view of the conscious and unconscious processes in the psychoanalyst's mind. Besides presenting a concise history of psychoanalysis, its conflicts and developments, this book makes vitally important points for the clinician interested in researching his or her own practice.