This book has been well-received because the author has organized it so that even the general reader can understand it without compromising the depth of object relations theory, and it has been considered a must-read for many people studying object relations theory.
We have organized and explained the key concepts and techniques common to the object relations theories of various scholars, and have included specific clinical cases and examples from everyday life for each presented concept and technique to help readers understand.

Interest in object relations theory has been growing steadily in Korea recently, but there are virtually no translated or written works that introduce this theory in a way that facilitates a thorough understanding. This book, published in this context, will be of great help in laying the foundation for readers to comprehensively understand object relations theory.