Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. In the beginning: The History of Short-Term Therapy in the Development of Psychoanalysis -- 2. Application of Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice in Contemporary Time-limited Therapies -- 3. Idiom, the Therapeutic Triangle and Transference -- 4. Assessment for Time-Limited Therapy -- 5. Differences in Therapeutic Technique between Open-Ended and Time-Limited Therapies -- 6. Training and Supervision -- 7. Time-Limited Therapy in Different Contexts -- 8. Does it work? -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index