Finally, this classic is available again as a paperback! Otto Rank's "The Trauma of Birth and Its Significance for Psychoanalysis" is rightly recognized as a classic of psychoanalytic literature. Rank introduces a new dimension of issues into early psychoanalysis, which was then heavily focused on the father relationship, by incorporating the pre-verbal mother relationship and the experience of birth. As a result, the book and its author faced significant resistance from established psychoanalysts, and Rank's work fell into obscurity. However, it is now acknowledged that Rank, by emphasizing the mother relationship, anticipated essential developments in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.