Both students and experienced clinicians will find this book about techniques of microanalysis useful in dealing with a wide range of psychopathology. It includes suggestions on how to formulate, interpret and establish a therapeutic alliance with patients.

This book aims to be a synthesis of an object relations psychoanalytic point of view with both classical psychodynamics and theory from cognitive psychology. Integration of the various psychotherapy schools and techniques is one of the tasks the author aims to accomplish in this book. Both students and experienced clinicians will find the author's techniques of microanalysis pragmatically useful in dealing with a wide range of psychopathology. The book includes suggestions on how to formulate, interpret and establish a therapeutic alliance with patients with stress disorders, histrionic, compulsive and narcissistic styles. The book contains new research findings, clinical observations and effective psychotherapy techniques.

Part 1 The therapeutic process: levels of interpretation
microanalysis of working through
the therapeutic alliance with difficult patients
visual thought images in psychotherapy
visual imagery and defensive process. Part 2 Nuances of interpretation: phase-oriented treatment of stress-response syndrome
character style in stress response syndromes
sliding meanings in narcissistic personalities
cognitive structure and change in the histrionic personality.