What is unique about this book is that it highlights Lacan as a psychoanalyst rather than as a philosopher.
The author believes that the views of those who discuss Lacan as a deconstructionist are largely exaggerated and distorted, and that the true nature of Lacan and Lacanian theory lies in the clinical analysis itself.

Thus, this book explains the whole story of Lacanian psychoanalysis.
It explains in detail what Lacanian psychoanalysis is, how it differs from other therapies, and what the process is like.
This book attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of Lacanian psychoanalysis, describing the analyst's goals and interventions during treatment, from the initial interview to the end of treatment.
It also explains Lacan's characteristic structural approach to clinical diagnosis and highlights theoretical and clinical issues in Lacan's views on psychosis, perversion, and neurosis, emphasizing the need for a variety of approaches to different situations.


This book is considered one of the most readable studies on Lacan, along with Slavoj Zizek's The Sublime Object of Ideology.
If Zizek's book in the 1990s succeeded in revealing new aspects of Lacan by placing him within the context of popular culture, this book can be said to return Lacan to his original place by pushing him one step further into the realm of clinical practice and practice.