The Basic Fault: Therapeutic Aspects of Regression Patrick Agte and sequel to The Midnight

and sequel to The Midnight Front

First published in 1991 to critical acclaim

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The Basic Fault: Therapeutic Aspects of Regression Patrick Agte and sequel to The MidnightWhen it was first published in 1968, Michael Balint's The Basic Fault laid the groundwork for a far ranging reformation in psychoanalytic theory. This reformation is still incomplete, for it remains true today that despite the proliferation of techniques and schools, we do not know which are more correct or more successful and all psychoanalysts continue to encounter intractable cases of mental disorder. Balint argues that ordinary rigid techniques