David E. Scharff, MD, editor-in-chief, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China; co-founder, former Director, and Chair of the Board, The International Psychotherapy Institute; Chair, the International Psychoanalytical Association’s Committee on Family and Couple Psychoanalysis; Director, Continuous Training Program in Couple and Family Psychoanalytic Therapy, Beijing; author and editor of more than 30 books, including Psychoanalysis in China (with Sverre Varvin); Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy (with Jill Scharff); Enrique Pichon-Riviere: Pioneer of the Link (with Roberto Losso and Lea Setton); and Family and Couple Psychoanalysis: A Global Perspective (with Elizabeth Palacios).Sverre Varvin, MD, DPhil. Training and supervising analyst, Norwegian Psychoanalytic Society. Professor, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (OAUC), Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, University of Oslo. Research areas: trauma and treatment of traumatised patients, treatment process, traumatic dreams, and psychoanalytic training. Chair, IPA China Committee. Has worked for more than twelve years in China with psychotherapy and psychoanalytic training programmes.

'The edited volume by David Scharff and Sverre Varvin is a wonderful new addition on the topic. Spanning some 30 short chapters, the book provides snap shots of the cultural, theoretical, and practical issues associated with introduction of psychoanalysis in China from the vantage points of both Western and Chinese participants.'

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORSINTRODUCTIONDavid E. Scharff and Sverre VarvinPART I: CHINESE CULTURE AND HISTORY RELEVANT TO MENTAL HEALTHCHAPTER ONEIdealising individual choice: work, love, and family in the eyes of young, rural ChineseMette Halskov Hansen and Cuiming PangCHAPTER TWOPsychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy and the Chinese selfAntje HaagCHAPTER THREEChina—a traumatised country? The aftermath of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) for the individual and for societyTomas PlänkersCHAPTER FOURThe religious context of China’s psycho-boomHsuan-Ying HuangCHAPTER FIVEThe encounter of psychoanalysis and Chinese cultureLin TaoCHAPTER SIXYin yang philosophy and Chinese mental healthLi MingCHAPTER SEVENPsychoanalysis meets China: transformative dialogue or monologue of the western voice?José SaportaDISCUSSION OF CHAPTER SEVENSverre VarvinCHAPTER EIGHTThe shibboleth of cross-cultural issues in psychoanalytic treatmentElise SnyderCHAPTER NINECollective castration anxieties: an ethnopsychoanalytic perspective on relations between the sexes in ChinaAlf GerlachCHAPTER TENFive things western therapists need to know for working with Chinese therapists and patients David E. ScharffPART II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN CHINACHAPTER ELEVENWest–East differences in habits and ways of thinking: the influence on understanding and teaching psychoanalytic therapySverre Varvin and Bent RosenbaumCHAPTER TWELVEThe impact of psychic trauma on individuation and self-identity: how the psychic trauma of poverty affects individuation and self-identity in the context of the Chinese familyYang YunpingCHAPTER THIRTEENWorking with Chinese patients: Are there conflicts between Chinese culture and psychoanalysis?Zhong JieCHAPTER FOURTEENThe development of psychoanalysis in ChinaShi QijiaCHAPTER FIFTEENTransference and countertransference in a Chinese setting: reflections on a psychotherapeutic processWang Zhiyan and Anders ZachrissonCHAPTER SIXTEENSleeping Beauty’s dream: when a myth from the East meets a tale from the West, a new story is born on the TV screen, one that can be understood psychoanalyticallyIrmgard DettbarnDISCUSSION OF CHAPTER SIXTEENRainer Rehberger and Sverre VarvinPART III: DEVELOPING TRAINING IN CHINACHAPTER SEVENTEENThe development of psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in ChinaSverre Varvin and Alf GerlachCHAPTER EIGHTEENThe development of psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Shanghai Mental Health CentreXu Yong, Qiu Jianyin, Chen Jue, and Xiao ZepingCHAPTER NINETEENIntroducing psychoanalytic therapy into China: the CAPA experienceRalph E. Fishkin and Lana P. FishkinCHAPTER TWENTYGerman psychoanalysts in China and the start of group therapy workAlf GerlachCHAPTER TWENTY-ONEResearch on the development of Chinese psychoanalysts and psychotherapistsLi YawenCHAPTER TWENTY-TWODynamic psychotherapy: a model for teaching and supervision in ChinaSiri Erika GullestadCHAPTER TWENTY-THREELearning, translating, and practising analytic psychotherapy in ChinaGao JunCHAPTER TWENTY-FOURLearning analytic psychotherapy as a student and psychiatric resident in ShanghaiQi WeiCHAPTER TWENTY-FIVEAssessment and early treatment in psychoanalysis in ChinaLiu YilingCHAPTER TWENTY-SIXNavigating the uncharted psychoanalytic seascape between East and West: a pilot project with Hainan Anning Hospital that cultivated mutual learningCaroline SehonPART IV: MARRIAGE AND MARITAL THERAPY IN CHINA AND TAIWANCHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENThe impact of Chinese cultures on a marital relationshipJill Savege Scharff and David E. ScharffCHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTCultural factors and projective identification in understanding a Chinese coupleShi Qijia and David E. ScharffCHAPTER TWENTY-NINEThe intergenerational and cultural transmission of trauma in Chinese couples: treatment considerationsJanine WanlassCHAPTER THIRTYConflict between extended families and couple identity in Taiwan—a psychoanalytic explorationHui-Wen TengEPILOGUEDavid E. Scharff and Sverre VarvinINDEX