Meeting of Minds

In this richly nuanced assessment of the various dimensions of mutuality in psychoanalysis Aron shows that the relational approach to psychoanalysis is a powerful guide to issues of technique and therapeutic strategy. From his reappraisal of the concepts of interaction and enactment to his examination of the issue of analyst self-disclosure to his concluding remarks on the relational import of the analyst's ethics and values Aron squarely accepts the clinical responsibilities attendant to a postmodern critique of psychoanalytic foundations.