Psychodynamic psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis 

Addressing questions such as how and why did the psychoanalytic psychotherapies arise out of psychoanalysis a half-century ago, this work includes discussions, amongst others, on the different models of psychoanalysis and the dynamic psychotherapies. Editorial Reviews From Library Journal Wallerstein (Forty-Two Lives in Treatment, Guilford Pr., 1986) currently heads a psychoanalytic project in San Francisco where he focuses on the differences and similarities between psychoanalysis and dynamic psychotherapies. In this monumental work he approaches, among other issues, the corrective emotional experience of Franz Alexander, the self-psychology of Heinz Kohut, and the parameters of Kurt Eissler. During the 1950s, Wallerstein writes, a consensus prevailed as to the parameters of psychoanalysis, but this accord has fragmented during recent years. Diverse interpretations broadened the base of psychoanalysis to include patients once considered unsuitable. Wallerstein's book stands alongside Reuben Fine's The History of Psychoanalysis (LJ 6/15/79) as a major contribution. For informed readers.?Dennis Twiggs, Winston-Salem, N.C. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.