<P><EM>Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Technique</EM> is a revised edition of the popular technical guide to the conduct of psychodynamic psychotherapy written by <B>Sarah Fels Usher</B>, published in 1993. In her thoroughly updated book, the author takes the student from the very beginning through to the end of the processes involved in using psychodynamic psychotherapy as a method of understanding and treating patients.</P><P></P><I><P>Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Technique </I>offers explanations of how psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory underwrites the technique, and demonstrates how the technique follows from the theory in a clear and accessible style. Each chapter is organized around the psychoanalytic concepts of transference and counter-transference, demonstrating how these concepts bring the work together. New material includes a chapter devoted to working with patients'' defenses, an in-depth look at the emotions on both sides during termination, a