‘Long-awaited’ does not do justice to the celebrations which this comprehensive account of Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy (PIT, aka ‘Conversational model’) compiled by its master-practitioners will evoke.  PIT is a miraculous blend of art (metaphor and the Romantic poets),  science (robust outcome-process studies of depression, Medically Unexplained Symptoms, and Borderline Personality Disorder) and existential-Self psychology (from passivity to activity; more secure and reflexive sense of Self).  Like PIT itself, the book is highly practical, experience-near, transparent, and well-structured.  Concise and indispensable, it will help psychotherapists of all stages and stripes to become better therapists -- perhaps even better people!

• Part I: Theoretical and Research FoundationsPsychodynamic-interpersonal therapy in contextThe efficacy and effectiveness of psychodynamic-interpersonal therapy: A 30-year overviewClient change in psychodynamic-interpersonal therapyPart II: Practitioner ManualSection A: Learning the SkillsCore model and introductory psychodynamic-interpersonal skillsIntermediate psychodynamic-interpersonal skillsAdvanced psychodynamic-interpersonal skillsSection B: Applying the SkillsThe initial sessionsThe intermediate sessionsThe final sessionsPart III: Learning and Developing the ModelBeing an effective practitioner of psychodynamic-interpersonal therapy: Developing competenceEpilogueAppendix: The Psychodynamic-Interpersonal Therapy Rating Scale (PITRS)