The basic principles of therapeutic practice and the concept of containment
The setting
Theory I : the developmental point of view and the Oedipus complex
Theory II : the internal world and the depressive and paranoid-schizoid modes of experience
Transference and its manifestations
Working in the transference
Phases of the counselling work
Working with more disturbed clients
The organizational framework.
An introduction to psychodynamic counselling by Laurence Spurling. ISBN 9780230578616. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.