Paul L. Wachtel, PhD, is a distinguished professor in the doctoral program in clinical psychology at City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He did his undergraduate work at Columbia University received his PhD in clinical psychology from Yale University and is a graduate of the postdoctoral psychoanalytic training program at New York University, where he is also on the faculty. He is internationally recognized as an innovator in the field of psychotherapy and for his contributions to the application of psychological theory and research to the pressing social problems of our times. A cofounder of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Dr. Wachtel is the author of many books on psychotherapy, personality dynamics, and psychologically oriented social criticism, including Action and Insight The Poverty of Affluence Family Dynamics in Individual Psychotherapy Therapeutic Communication Psychoanalysis, Behavior Therapy, and the Relational World Race in the Mind of America: Breaking the Vicious Circles Between Blacks and Whites and, most recently, Relational Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy. A number of his books have been widely described as classics in the field.

amp ldquo Wachtel chose to include his commentary primarily to show, as the teaching took this book is meant to be, exactly how a therapist amp rsquo s mind works while he or she is in session. Textbook examples disregard this as well, choosing to write their final, polished thoughts at the end of the session when everything feels like it adds up. Real life therapy, however, doesn amp rsquo t work that way. And real life therapy is exactly what Dr. Wachtel is working to relay to his readers. amp rdquo amp ndash International Journal of Psychotherapy

• Preface Part I. Grounding Assumptions and PrinciplesPsychotherapy at Ground Level Inside Two Heads: The Two-Person Perspective and Its Implications for Theory and Practice Part II. The SessionsLouise: Session Louise: Session 2 Melissa Part III. ReflectionsThe Sessions in Retrospect ReferencesIndexAbout the Author

Paul L. Wachtel, PhD, is a distinguished professor in the doctoral program in clinical psychology at City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He did his undergraduate work at Columbia University received his PhD in clinical psychology from Yale University and is a graduate of the postdoctoral psychoanalytic training program at New York University, where he is also on the faculty. He is internationally recognized as an innovator in the field of psychotherapy and for his contributions to the application of psychological theory and research to the pressing social problems of our times. A cofounder of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Dr. Wachtel is the author of many books on psychotherapy, personality dynamics, and psychologically oriented social criticism, including Action and Insight The Poverty of Affluence Family Dynamics in Individual Psychotherapy Therapeutic Communication Psychoanalysis, Behavior Therapy, and the Relational World Race in the Mind of America: Breaking the Vicious Circles Between Blacks and Whites and, most recently, Relational Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy. A number of his books have been widely described as classics in the field.

amp ldquo Wachtel chose to include his commentary primarily to show, as the teaching took this book is meant to be, exactly how a therapist amp rsquo s mind works while he or she is in session. Textbook examples disregard this as well, choosing to write their final, polished thoughts at the end of the session when everything feels like it adds up. Real life therapy, however, doesn amp rsquo t work that way. And real life therapy is exactly what Dr. Wachtel is working to relay to his readers. amp rdquo amp ndash International Journal of Psychotherapy

• Preface Part I. Grounding Assumptions and PrinciplesPsychotherapy at Ground Level Inside Two Heads: The Two-Person Perspective and Its Implications for Theory and Practice Part II. The SessionsLouise: Session Louise: Session 2 Melissa Part III. ReflectionsThe Sessions in Retrospect ReferencesIndexAbout the Author

Paul L. Wachtel, PhD, is a distinguished professor in the doctoral program in clinical psychology at City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He did his undergraduate work at Columbia University received his PhD in clinical psychology from Yale University and is a graduate of the postdoctoral psychoanalytic training program at New York University, where he is also on the faculty. He is internationally recognized as an innovator in the field of psychotherapy and for his contributions to the application of psychological theory and research to the pressing social problems of our times. A cofounder of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Dr. Wachtel is the author of many books on psychotherapy, personality dynamics, and psychologically oriented social criticism, including Action and Insight The Poverty of Affluence Family Dynamics in Individual Psychotherapy Therapeutic Communication Psychoanalysis, Behavior Therapy, and the Relational World Race in the Mind of America: Breaking the Vicious Circles Between Blacks and Whites and, most recently, Relational Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy. A number of his books have been widely described as classics in the field.

amp ldquo Wachtel chose to include his commentary primarily to show, as the teaching took this book is meant to be, exactly how a therapist amp rsquo s mind works while he or she is in session. Textbook examples disregard this as well, choosing to write their final, polished thoughts at the end of the session when everything feels like it adds up. Real life therapy, however, doesn amp rsquo t work that way. And real life therapy is exactly what Dr. Wachtel is working to relay to his readers. amp rdquo amp ndash International Journal of Psychotherapy

• Preface Part I. Grounding Assumptions and PrinciplesPsychotherapy at Ground Level Inside Two Heads: The Two-Person Perspective and Its Implications for Theory and Practice Part II. The SessionsLouise: Session Louise: Session 2 Melissa Part III. ReflectionsThe Sessions in Retrospect ReferencesIndexAbout the Author