Drawing on his many years of experience as a psychotherapist, the author presents an analysis of the entire therapeutic process, explaining how therapy works, the roles of the patient and therapist, and the road to healing.

Includes index.

Gaining knowledge - - Who needs help? - - Nondirective interview - - Psychoanalytic tools 1: free association, transference, and the couch - - Psychoanalytic tools 2: dreams and fantasies - - Using knowledge - - Psychological understanding of behavior - - Catharsis - - Insight - - Psychodynamics: looking to the past - - Defenses: looking at the present - - Beyond knowledge - - Therapeutic alliance - - Corrective emotional experience - - Advice, counseling, and values - - Out of the office and into life - - Supporting the will - - Magic and mystery.