Thomas H. Ogden's way of thinking has been at the forefront of psychoanalysis for over twenty-five years. Drawing on the work of Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, and Wilfred Bion, the author explores the connection between human psychopathology and the individual's inability to dream their own experiences.

This book manages not only to present a set of techniques and clinical examples but also to establish a more human and compassionate way of communicating with patients. An informative, enjoyable book aimed at psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals.

“Psychoanalysis is an emotional experience that is lived and, as such, cannot be translated, recorded, explained, understood, or articulated in words. It is what it is. However, I believe that for this living experience it is possible to say something that will serve us in thinking about aspects of what happens between analysts and their patients when they are engaged in psychoanalytic work.” ―Thomas H. Ogden

“Ogden believes that when the psychoanalyst writes a text based on some analytic experience of theirs, they process that experience. He sees writing as a form of transformation of the experience, which reflects the psychoanalyst-writer's effort to discover, as they write, the truth of that experience. The recipient of the text, especially if they are clinical, has the opportunity, offered by Ogden's open perspective and way of writing, to think and imagine the session through their own lens and to reflect on moments of their own practice.” ―Grigoris Vasslamatzis

The book belongs to the Psychoanalytic series directed and edited by psychiatrist-child psychiatrist Athanasios Alexandridis.