Michael Eigen is a psychologist and psychoanalyst. He is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University (adjunct), and a Senior Member of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis. He is the author of a number of books, including 'Toxic Nourishment', 'The Psychoanalytic Mystic', 'Feeling Matters' and 'Flames from the Unconscious'.

'Michael Eigen gives me so much in his writing - his so direct use of ordinary English words to describe the deepest exploration into human experience. I constantly drop in on his books and always find them opening new vistas, as well as strengthening my grasp of established observations about unconscious processes. Reshaping the Self is readable for all who want to explore the unconscious. I love the jargon-free writing and his lovely, wide use of the English language, A splendid book!'- Marion Milner, author of The Suppressed Madness of Sane Men

• Introduction , Bits of the Processing Puzzle , Defining Moments in Les’s Therapy , Key Stages in Lynn’s Therapy , Self-Other , Mind-Body , Faith and Catastrophe , Primary Process and the Wound That Never Heals