Storr's The Art of Psychotherapy appeared in 1979 and became an instant classic. After Storr's death, a third edition was rewritten and revised by Jeremy Holmes, and the fourth edition is a further up-to-date iteration.
Jeremy Holmes, MD, FRCPsych, is an Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter. His books include John Bowlby and Attachment Theory (2014), Attachment in Therapeutic Practice (2017) and The Brain has a Mind of its Own (2020). Gardening, Green politics and grand-parenting now parallel his lifelong devotion to psychoanalytic psychotherapy practice and attachment theory.
Anthony Storr, MD, FRCPsych, (1920-2001), was an eminent analytical psychologist, psychiatrist, author and broadcaster. After analytic practice in London, he became Oxford's first NHS Medical Psychotherapist. In a rare combination, he held Fellowships of Oxford's Green College, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal Society of Literature.
