ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION PART I CHAPTER ONE What do we mean by difficult patients? CHAPTER TWO Trauma as a source of pathology CHAPTER THREE Trauma in the primary relationship CHAPTER FOUR Defences and psychopathological constructions CHAPTER FIVE Psychic withdrawal CHAPTER SIX The superego in difficult patients CHAPTER SEVEN The unconscious in neurotic, borderline, and psychotic patientsPART II CHAPTER EIGHT The pathology of sexuality CHAPTER NINE The erotic transference: from dream to delusion CHAPTER TEN Is it possible to cure paedophilia? CHAPTER ELEVEN The enigma of transsexualism CHAPTER TWELVE Reflections on the origins of sexual perversions CHAPTER THIRTEEN The perverse fascination of the destructive organisation CHAPTER FOURTEEN Pathological dependences on the Internet CHAPTER FIFTEEN Some problems in treating borderline patients CHAPTER SIXTEEN Elements for the analytic therapy of psychotic patients CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The therapeutic approach to the delusional experience CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The problematic position of the transference in the psychotic state CHAPTER NINETEEN Difficult patients: conclusions NOTES REFERENCES INDEX.