`It is well written and well organized and I'm sure it will be of help and interest to researchers and practitioners concerned with the therapeutic action of psychodynamic treatment' - Penelope Waite, Nurturing PotentialThis book explores the nature of psychological change from the psychodynamic perspective and describes the process through which clients can be helped to come to terms with painful experiences and develop new ways of relating. Combining core psychodynamic concepts with contemporary thinking, it is a lively and up-to-date integration of ideas on the change process.

PART ONE: CHANGE AND PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
The Dynamics of Change
Psychodynamics
A Changing Theory
PART TWO: PROCESSES OF CHANGE: A FRAMEWORK
Expression
Releasing the Mind
Understanding
Discovering Meaning
Relationship
Rediscovering the Other
Regression
Contacting the Unconscious
Differentiation
Working through Limitation and Loss
Creation
Constructing New Forms of Experience
PART THREE: CONTEXTS AND CONCLUSIONS
Widening the Context of Change
Constructing a Spiral of Change