For graduate students and experienced therapists in psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and social work, Summers and Barber (psychiatry and psychology, U. of Pennsylvania) offer a guide to the evidence-based practice of psychodynamic therapy that draws from new research findings and is based on the developmental and conflict view of mental life. They emphasize transparency, well-defined techniques for integration with other treatments, such as family and systems interventions and psychopharmacology, and an active approach to change. Chapters follow the stages of treatment from engagement to termination, and the most common problems of patients, including depression, obsessionality, low self-esteem, fear of abandonment, panic, and trauma, and how to plan interventions. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)