Effective Psychotherapy: The Contribution of Hellmuth Kaiser - Hardcover

Effective Psychotherapy: The Contribution of Hellmuth Kaiser

This influential work presents extended reflections on what constitutes effective psychotherapy, written by Hellmuth Kaiser, who trained at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute in the 1920s. Kaiser's analyst was Gustav Bally, and his supervisors included Karen Horney, Sándor Radó, Wilhelm Reich, and Hanns Sachs. He continued his analytic work at Berlin's Sanatorium Schloss Tegel, the world's first psychoanalytic clinic directed by Ernst Simmel.

About This Edition

Originally published in 1965 and out-of-print for decades, this hardcover edition makes Kaiser's work accessible again to mental health professionals, psychoanalysts, and students of psychotherapy theory. The book offers an in-depth appreciation of Kaiser as an intensely original thinker in the field of clinical psychology and therapeutic techniques.

Contents and Contributors

The volume includes a Foreword by Allen J. Enelow, M.D., and Leta McKinney Adler, Ph.D., and an Afterword by Louis B. Fierman, M.D. New essays by Henry Altenberg, M.D., Louis B. Fierman, M.D., Mitchell D. Ginsberg, Ph.D., Howard Kahn, Ph.D., Jerry Krakowski, and Alan P. Towbin, Ph.D., bring fresh perspectives to Kaiser's contributions to therapeutic relationships and psychotherapy practice.

Historical Documents

This edition features two significant translations from German. The first is Gustav Bally's 1934 critique of Carl Gustav Jung's relationship to the Nazified German psychotherapy community. The second is the November 1958 interview of Hellmuth Kaiser by Kurt Eissler, founder of the Sigmund Freud Archives. This interview was held in closed files at the U.S. Library of Congress and only made available in 2013, providing rare insight into Kaiser's thinking and the historical context of psychoanalysis.

For Mental Health Professionals

This professional reference serves counselors, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, and mental health professionals interested in the theoretical foundations of effective therapeutic practice. The book examines Kaiser's unique approach to understanding what makes psychotherapy work, drawing from his training and experience within the psychoanalytic movements of early 20th century Berlin.

Published by Wisdom Moon Publishing, this hardcover edition preserves an important contribution to the literature on psychotherapy theory and historical psychoanalysis.