.David H. Malan. -- 2a. ed. -- London : Hodder Education, 1995. xi, 305 p.; 23 cm. ISBN 978-0-7506-2387-2. Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. Contenido: Psychotherapy in everyday life -- Inner mechanisms in everyday life -- Unconscious communication -- Elementary, though not necessarily easy, psychotherapy -- Elementary psychotherapy continued: symptoms, precipitating factors, and psychiatric consulation -- A note on the observations of psychoanalysis -- Common syndromes I: problems of femininity and sexuality in women -- Common syndromes II: problems of masculinity and sexuality in men -- The relation with the therapist: Transference -- The dialogue of psychotherapy and the two triangles -- Three linked themes: aggression, elimination of bodily products, and obsessional phenomena -- Three more linked themes: aggression arising from sibling rivalry; passivity and masochism; and the compulsion to repeat -- An introduction to depression -- Regression and long-term therapy -- Deeper layers of depression -- Primitive phenomena -- Termination and breaks in treatment -- Assessment for psychotherapy: I. General principles -- Assessment for psychotherapy (contd): II. The importance of the psychiatric enquiry and differential diagnosis -- Assessment for psychotherapy (contd): III. The psychodynamic assessment and psychotherapeutic forecasting -- Assessment for psychotherapy (contd): IV. The indications for brief psychotherapy -- Assessment for psychotherapy (contd): V. Contra-indications to uncovering psychotherapy -- Assessment for psychotherapy (contd): VI. The consequences of making contact -- The future of psychotherapy and psychodynamics.