This book presents chapters by Dr. Blatt's many colleagues and students that explore questions of relatedness, self-definition, and mental representation, and shows us that psychoanalysis and empirical research can be combined.

Over the course of a long and distinguished career, psychologist and psychoanalyst Sidney J. Blatt has proposed an integrative theoretical model of personality development, psychopathology, and therapeutic change. This book presents chapters by Dr. Blatt's many colleagues and students that explore questions of relatedness, self-definition, and mental representation. It is a unique contribution to the field of clinical psychology and psychoanalysis.