The Technique and Practice of Psychoanalysis: The Training Seminars of Ralph R. Greenson M.D. : Transcripts of the Greenson Seminars on Assessment ... Psychoanalytic Society and Institute 3)

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This volume presents transcripts of seminars conducted at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute in 1959 by Ralph R. Greenson on the techniques involved in the assessment and initial interviewing of patients. On the facing pages annotations by Jaffee (psychiatry UC San Diego) contrast the psychotherapeutic approach of the late 1950s with contemporary psychiatry as it contends with managed care. Sample topics include helping the patient to feel at ease facilitating the establishment of an object relationship and appraising the motivation of the patient. Annotation 2004 Book News Inc. Portland OR (booknews.com)