Focusing on the psychotherapist's interventions, this book presents the basic activity of the therapist. It applies two paradigms - conflict and deficit - in the treatment of a range of patients. The therapist must address and deal with conflictual concomitants as well as developmental derailments because the patient is a product of both.

This book, which focuses on the psychotherapist's interventions, presents the basic critical activity of the therapist. It applies two predominant paradigms conflict and deficit in the treatment of a wide range of patients. The therapist must address and deal with conflictual concomitants as well as developmental derailments because the patient is a product of both.