The volume has been designed to provide a comprehensive history and critical account of sleep mentation research since the introduction of electrographic techniques. Written by leading experts, the book not only examines the activity of the mind during sleep but also scrutinizes methodological issues of key importance to the field. It looks at the relationships between physiological and mental events as brought to light by electrographic and other controlled studies of sleep mentation.

The term enactment has entered the clinical vocabulary and for many therapists, has replaced previous action terms such as acting in and acting out. The concept is the recognition of a process which may involve words, but which goes beyond words. For some, enactment addresses a continuous undercurrent in the interaction between patient and therapist. Others ask whether this concept adds either clarity or a new perspective to the clinical situation. Among the questions this volume addresses are: does the focus on enactments entail a change in the model of therapeutic change? Are enactments...

This landmark book is a brilliant commentary on Freud's psychoanalytic technique and how it is incorporated in contemporary clinical practice. Freud's basic technique papers are included, so that the reader has Freud's own words to compare with the views introduced.