Two Legitimate Hybrids

Reviews the book, Psychotherapy: A Dynamic Approach by Paul A. Dewald (1964). Psychoanalysis has been criticized for its orthodoxy, for its failure to grow and change, to be modified by the insights and experiences of its own practitioners. But of course it has changed, significantly, both in theory and practice. The elaboration of ego psychology is only one instance of the former; a book like this is one evidence of the latter. It shows how much things have changed. But it does more than that, it represents an important spin-off from classical theory and classical practice. The book successfully systematizes many of the distinctions between insight- directed and supportive therapies. The book would have been considerably improved if the initial sections had been omitted and the space devoted to fuller exposition of some of the topics treated in the last section on psychotherapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)