In this first in-depth integration of the psychotherapeutic models of C.G. Jung and Harold F. Searles, David Sedgwick bridges the gap between analytical psychology and psychoanalysis and achieves a new vision of psychotherapy.

1 INTRODUCTION 2 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS The personified unconscious, Origins of the unconscious, Subject/object questions, Phylogenetic inheritance, Psychological 'reality', Unconscious dynamics and communications Polarities, Consciousness, Self and individuation, Summary 3 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Psychopathology? Definition Pathological contents, Defenses Origins, Regression/progression Diagnosis, Summary 4 THE PROCESS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY Goals, Transference/countertransference, The therapeutic environment, Working with the unconscious Stages of therapy, Summary, 5 THE THERAPIST Personality as technique, The style of the therapist, The personality of the therapist Therapist/client, Summary, 6 CONCLUSIONS Closing thoughts.