Amazon.com description: Product Description: Written by psychoanalyst Strean and former New York Times reporter Freeman (The Beloved Prison , LJ 4/15/89), this engaging five-year clinical study of a schizophrenic woman may be appreciated on many different levels. First, it offers hope to friends and families trying to cope with a schizophrenic that psychoanalytic methods may help, even after hospitalization and electroshock have failed. Second, it provides a detailed look at a therapeutic process that is applicable to all, no matter how simply or profoundly disturbed. Third, and perhaps most fascinating, are the glimpses into a psychoanalyst's thoughts as he is working with a patient. For all who have wondered what the quiet person behind the couch is thinking or feeling, this book is a welcome explication. Recommended for general audiences, particularly individuals contemplating analytic psychotherapy. - Julie Semkow, SUNY Health Sciences Ctr., Brooklyn, Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.