-Little or nothing has been written about psychoanalytic work with adult patients with autism] with the degree of psychopathology and damage such as those described by Dr Tremelloni. Her patience, persistence, and stamina appear to be tremendous, and the patients' lives have been transformed. The treatments described are long and arduous, and the book makes an exciting read, as we see the ice beginning to melt, and psychosis and autism exchanged for ordinary suffering and ordinary pride and pleasure.- -- Anne Alvarez, Consultant Child and Adolescent psychotherapist

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