The headings of the chapters that follow are: ‘The Frame’, ‘The Psycho- analytic Consulting Room’, ‘Therapeutic Listening’, ‘The Affective Quality’, ‘Regulation’, ‘Dynamics’, ‘The Analytic Attitude’, ‘The Therapist’s Interven- tions’ and ‘At the End of the Road’. In each chapter there is a discussion of practical, clinical issues. Then the authors exemplify an analytic attitude and possible interventions. This illustrates the attitude of the authors: ‘‘Accord- ing to our opinion it is the quality of the psychoanalytic space that is decisive for whether the initiated process can be called psychoanalytic’’ (p. 69). The suggested definition of the psychoanalytic space is as follows: ‘‘The psychoanalytic space is constituted by the sum of the psychological qualities that activate, focus, enlarge and maintain the patient’s transference to the therapist’’ (p. 86). In the chapter about the therapist’s interventions there is a short passage about interpretation of dreams. The authors clearly state that they do not give dreams a special place when listening and see the material in the same way as anything else, where the meaning and importance are decided by the actual clinical situation. Then follow two clinical examples. Part Three, ‘Theory about Change’ describes curative factors in a psycho- analytic tradition and in a short chapter how to validate psychoanalytic processes by the narrative of the patient and by an in-depth interview. The Epilogue ends with the following dictum: ‘‘The narrative of life is inscribed in the form’’ (p. 233). The whole book is rooted in clinical work, the daily relation to the patient, to the analyst and the relation between them. Underteksten can be recommended for the experienced therapist who wants to be challenged by new ways of thinking about classical psychoanalytic thought as well as for the student who wants to understand and experience the spirit of psycho- analytic therapy and how long-term treatment in depth works. The book is written in nuanced and accurate language and is well supplied with a table of contents, references, name index and index. Since its publication the book has been translated into Danish and has found a place in the curriculum in different psychotherapeutic trainings. Tove Mathiesen Strandbakken 9, Ørby, DK-8420 Knebel, Denmark E-mail: tove.mathiesen@dadlnet.dk The Academic Face of Psychoanalysis: Papers in Philosophy, the Humanities and the British Clinical Tradition 1 by Louise Braddock and Michael Lacewing Routledge, London, 2007; 264 pp; $22.99 Various commentators have seized upon the centenary of the birth of psychoanalysis and the inauguration of the new millennium as an opportu- 1 Translated by Ruth Chester and Alex Marlow-Mann. 1192 Book Reviews Int J Psychoanal (2009) 90 ª 2009 Institute of Psychoanalysis