A reader?s guide. Psychotherapy: what, when, and why? The initial contact. The selection process. Agreement: the therapeutic contract. Insight-oriented psychotherapy: initiating therapy and the relationship. Insight-oriented psychotherapy: fundamental principles and techniques. Insight-oriented psychotherapy: technical interventions. How psychotherapy works. Guidelines and stratification. Technical considerations: dream interpretation, resistance, and regression. Time-limited insight-oriented psychotherapy. Supportive psychotherapy. Psychotherapy combined with or augmented by pharmacotherapy. Problem situations and difficult patients. Termination of psychotherapy. References.
