Foreword

Chapter 1      Where I was From

Introduction

 A Fresh Look at Perverse Behavior (1975)

Some Countertransference Phenomena in the Analysis of Perversions (1977)

Chapter 2  Disorders in the Self-System

Introduction

On Waiting (1971)

The Wishy-Washy Personality (1986)

Disorders of Continuity (1990)

Chapter 3      Empathy

Introduction

On the Scientific Status of Empathy (1983)

Chapter 4       Philosophy

Introduction

The Tension between Realism and Relativism in Psychoanalysis (1984)

Chapter 5      Negotiation, Communication, Interaction and the Process of Understanding

Introduction

Psychoanalysis and Negotiation (1987)

A Shared View of the World (1989)

Changing Psychic Structure Through Treatment: From Empathy to Self Reflection (1989)

Between Empathy and Judgment (1999)

It Is All Interaction (1996)

Enactment as Understanding and as Misunderstanding (2002)

Chapter 6      The Correct Place of Pragmatism, Pluralism and Psychoanalysis

Introduction

One Theory or More (1981)

Self-Psychology Since Kohut (1998)

American Pragmatism and American Psychoanalysis (2002)

Pity the Poor Pluralist (2007)

Chapter 7      Rules, Boundaries, Correctness and Ownership

Introduction

Boundaries as Pre-Conditions (1999)

Postmodern Psychoanalysis (2001)

Who Owns the Countertransference? (2004)

A Risk of Confidentiality (2004)

Some Limits of the Boundary Concept (2008)

Chapter 8  Differentiation

Introduction

Me and Max: A Misalliance of Goals (2001)

Deutsch’s Discontent (2007)

Chapter 9      Sexualization

Introduction

Sexualization and De-sexualization (1993)

Depathologizing Homosexuality (2001)

Chapter 10  Mostly Clinical

Introduction

The Place of Apology in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (1987)

I Wish the Hour Were Over: Elements of a Moral Dilemma (2005)