Real People Real Problems Real Solutions

<em>Real People Real Problems Real Solutions</em> offers a clear introduction to psychoanalytic practice from a Kleinian perspective and shows how the modern Kleinian works with the most taxing and least conforming of their patients.<br>Illustrated by extensive case material this book: <p/>*reviews Freud's original theoretical concepts and examines Klein's contributions to the field of psychoanalysis clarifying and comparing the two approaches in the clinical setting. <p/>*identifies and explores who makes up the psychoanalyst's most challenging case load and demonstrates how the Kleinian psychoanalytic approach is helpful to these individuals. <p/>*discusses the current state of traditional methods of training at psychoanalytic institutes which are shown to be in need of renewal and critical restructuring. <p/><em>Real People Real Problems Real Solutions</em> shows how the average psychoanalyst and psychotherapist face many difficult patients in a typical days work. Together with its questioning of what really constitutes psychoanalytic therapy this is a refreshing read for all practising and training psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.