Childhood Dialogues and the Lifting of Depression

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In this book a psychoanalyst discusses the rationale for selecting classical or nonclassical psychoanalytic techniques with patients of various types. Myerson explores the nature of the work that can be accomplished in each type of analysis, pointing out the part played by the therapeutic relationship. He emphasizes the significance of the patient's character structure, which has been formed by childhood dialogues with parents, for the appropriate choice of analytic techniques.