The problem of how to understand and to treat masochism has plagued the vast majority of clinicians. The Clinical Problem of Masochism, edited by Deanna Holtzman, PhD, and Nancy Kulish, PhD, focuses on the common and difficult clinical problems posed by masochistic patients who are spread throughout all diagnostic categories. Foremost psychoanalytic clinicians in the field from various theoretical backgrounds demonstrate their approaches to working clinically with these problems. Each expert provides detailed clinical examples, making their approaches and suggestions come alive. This volume, unique in its varied clinical and practical focus, offers therapists of all theoretical persuasions ideas on how to think about and help individuals suffering from masochistic difficulties.

Contributions by: Marvin Margolis, MD, PhD, Past President, American Psychoanalytic Associati, Harold P. Blum, Stanley J. Cohen, Dianne Elise, Ph.D., associate editor, Studies in Gender & Sexuality, Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., Robert Alan Glick, Otto Kernberg, M.D., past president, International Psychoanalytical Associa, Henry Markman, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, Anna Ornstein, Alan Sugarman, Nancy Kulish, Deanna Holtzman