In this highly praised volume, West Coast psychoanalytic clinician-scholars reflect on essential ideas about the -mechanisms of change- that makes psychoanalysis work. The authors bring an open-minded, inclusive, and independent-thinking perspective that builds upon the fundamental tenets of psychoanalytic knowledge, theory, and technique. Contributors include the following leading U.S. West Coast psychoanalysts: Hedda Bolgar, Christopher Christian, Michael J. Diamond, Morris Eagle, Tom Helscher, Nancy Hollander, Beth Kalish, Peggy Porter, Stephen Portuges, Leo Rangell, Linda Sobelman, Alan...