'What works?' Response to the paper by James Astor.
A personal account of an analysis with Michael Fordham and subsequent conversations with James Astor. A number of themes are developed concerning the expression of feeling, use of language, and the relevance of aesthetic values to the practice and reporting of analysis.
D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D014481:United States