In a well-founded and appealing manner, the authors of this volume provide a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of analytic and depth psychology-based psychotherapy. The volume is divided into four sections: 1. Theoretical foundations: psychoanalytic models of the soul, psychological development, etiological concepts, psychological phenomena such as regression and defense; 2. Central technical aspects: therapeutic relationship, setting, diagnosis and indication, technique, therapeutic process; 3. Disease theory: patients with neuroses, personality disorders, psychosomatic disorders, psychoses, handling of psychotropic drugs, addiction, suicidal behavior; and 4. Therapeutic environment: case presentation and supervision, ethics, psychotherapeutic care, education and training, therapy research and intercultural psychotherapy.