Contents

Ivan Ward
Introduction

Ronald Britton
Making the Private Public

Susan Budd
Ask me no Questions and I'll tell you no Lies: The Social Organization of Secrets 

Julia Borossa
Case Histories and the Institutionalization of Psychoanalysis

Laurence Spurling
Using the Case Study in the Assessment of Trainees

Donald P. Spence
Case Reports and the Reality they Represent: The Many Faces of Nachträglichkeit 

The presentation of case material is the single most important way in which the theory and practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy are communicated. The essays in this book explore some of the advantages and shortcomings of this discursive form.