introduction
subjective/empathetic tradition
Becoming a Therapist and Teaching Psychotherapy in This Era
Book structure

Chapter 1: The Relationship Between Case Understanding and Psychotherapy

Basic Assumptions
Goals of traditional psychoanalytic therapy
Case study aimed at treatment rather than research
summation

Chapter 2: Introduction to Interviewing

How I Conduct My First Interview
Concluding remarks
summation

Chapter 3: Evaluation of Unchangeable Factors

temperament
Genetic and congenital medical factors that have a direct psychological impact
Irreversible brain damage caused by traumatic disease or addiction
Physical characteristics that cannot be changed
External circumstances that cannot be changed
Past growth process
summation

Chapter 4: Assessment of Developmental Problems

Commentary on Psychoanalytic Developmental Theory
Assess whether the client's problems represent unconscious conflicts or developmental stagnation.
Classical Freudian and Post-Freudian Developmental Models and Clinical Applications
summation

Chapter 5: Evaluation of Defense

Considerations for Treatment and Research When Evaluating Defense
Defensive reactions based on personality or situation
Clinical implications of defense assessment
summation

Chapter 6: Evaluating Emotions

Transference and countertransference emotions
If emotional problems are the main complaint
Assessment of the diagnostic significance of emotions
The therapeutic implications of correctly capturing emotions
Summary

Chapter 7: Evaluation of Identification

Identification in transfer reactions
Identification, introjection, introjection, and intersubjective influence
Clinical implications of understanding identification
When dynamic identification is dominant
Identification with ethnicity, religion, race, culture, and subculture
summation

Chapter 8: Evaluation of Relationship Aspects

Relational themes revealed through transference
Relationship topics outside the therapeutic setting
Implications of Relationship Patterns in Long-Term and Short-Term Treatment
summation

Chapter 9: Assessing Self-Esteem

The Importance of Understanding Self-Esteem Issues
Psychoanalytic interest in self-esteem
Clinical implications of self-esteem assessment
summation

Chapter 10: Assessment of Pathogenic Beliefs

Characteristics and Functions of Pathogenic Beliefs
Forming hypotheses about pathological beliefs
Clinical implications of understanding pathogenic beliefs
summation

Conclusion

Some final advice

Appendix: Sample Contract
References
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