'It is testimony to the vigour and quality of the collection as a whole that one finds oneself, in the course of reading through the chapters, continually engaging in a kind of interior dialogue with and between the different voices ... one hopes that in a new but still uncertain social climate, it may be widely read.' - Psychodynamic Counselling

• Chapter 1 Introduction, Eileen Smith; Chapter 2 A Time to Think, Peter Wilson; Chapter 3 What Price Trust?, Valerie Sinason; Chapter 4 The Hidden History in an Idea, Julian Lousada; Chapter 5 Counselling in Higher Education, Eileen Smith; Chapter 6 Re-Imagining the Organisation of an Institution, Jean Hutton; Chapter 7 Captains and Cricket Teams, Michael Brearley; Chapter 8 Working with Abused Clients in an Institutional Setting, Moira Walker; Chapter 9 Human Responses to Destructive Regimes, Paul Hoggett; Chapter 10 A Struggle Towards Health in Health Service Policy-Making, Jean White; Chapter 11 Internal Space and the Market, Jean White; Chapter 12 Excitement and Tension at the Edge of Chaos, Ralph Stacey;