First published in 1989. Covering subjects such as empathy, transference, and countertransference, as well as the nature of the psychoanalytic process, the author of this work argues that there can be no psychoanalysis without self analysis.

The author of Hidden Questions, Clinical Musings (Analytic Press, 1995) and On Trying to Teach (Analytic Press, 1994), M. Robert Gardner, M.D., is a founder and training analyst of the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England.

I In Pursuit of Psychoanalysis, II The Analyst's Job, Ill Connections, IV Duet, V On Seeing Things, VI In Step and Out, VII Indirection, VIII The Moment, IX The Field before You