Therapist at Work

Dimitris Anastasopoulos M.D. is an Adult and Child Psychiatrist working in Athens. He trained in adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic, London, and is a training psychotherapist for adult and adolescent psychotherapists in Greece. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Association of Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (HACAPP). He is vice-chairman of the EFPP. Evagelos Papanicolaou M.D. is a psychiatrist working in Nicosia. He is a trained psychoanalytic psychotherapist and a founding member of the Cyprus Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Studies.

'The EFPP monograph series has established itself as an important source of high- quality psychoanalytic psychotherapy papers. This volume adds to its growing reputation with a group of papers that deals with the analytic relationship from several perspectives, in particular the influence of the analyst/therapist on the evolution of the therapeutic process. This is, of course, a fundamental issue and one that is hotly debated within the analytic community.'- Paul Williams from the Foreword

• Introduction -- Foreword -- The analyst's clinical theory and its impact on the analytic process in psychoanalytic psychotherapy -- A different perspective on the therapeutic process: the impact of the patient on the analyst -- Knowing and being known -- How does psychoanalysis work? -- Intersubjective phenomena and emotional exchange: new considerations regarding transference and countertransference -- Constructing therapeutic alliance: the psychoanalyst's influence on the collaborative process -- The therapist is dreaming: the effect of the therapist's dreams on the therapeutic process -- The healing work of a practising psychoanalyst/psychotherapist