Almost everyone who crosses the therapist's threshold is looking for a second chance-a shot at living a richer, less restricted life. Understanding how echoes of the past resonate in and shape the present provides opportunities to resolve crippling conflicts and make new choices. Furthermore, such insight produces a sense of mastery. But not everyone is aware that the problems s/he brings into weekly therapy are just the first few bars of his or her song. Jane Hall wrote Deepening the Treatment to help the psycho-dynamically informed therapist help the patient ...

"Jane Hall gives us a 'fresh,' melodic, openminded and profound text that deserves readers who 'know how to listen'. Her progressive vision of psychoanalysis, born of experience and love of healing, is wise and courageous, demystifying what is merely formalist and pointing to the truth. A valuable book to recognize and protect the most authentic values of our psychoanalytic work." -STEFANO BOLOGNINI, IPA Past President "Jane Hall weaves a creative tapestry of psychoanalytic thinking, clinical work, neuroscience and child development. This tapestry is ...