The Clinical Diary of Sándor Ferenczi
Compelling…Ferencziwas an innovator, an experimenter, someone who was always trying new approaches to the treatment of mental illness, even when his unorthodox techniques placed him in opposition to his analyst and mentor, Sigmund Freud. (Stuart SchneidermanNew York Times Book Review)TheDiaryis the work of a sane mind in full possession of its powers and gives us insight into the day-to-day thoughts of a practitioner whose status as a creative innovator is probably unsurpassed since Freud. It is a very moving book. One is continually amazed by the courage of the man. (Peter LomasTimes Literary Supplement)Allows the public to assess, far better than before, the range of [Ferenczi’s] professional gifts and the depth of his psychological vulnerability… A welcome addition to the growing number of significant texts illuminating the history of psychoanalysis. (Peter GayLondon Review of Books)Freud criticised his one-time favourite son for advocating the ‘kissing technique’;Ferenczibelieved that ‘only sympathy heals’. This is the 1932 record of his analyses. His work was faltering, doubting, and quite possibly, healing. (David FlusfederThe Week)