George Gothals was my mentor when I was at Harvard and I worked with him as my thesis director, for my master's degree. This book was used to help students understand the major psychological paradigms of Erikson, Freud, Sullivan, Skinner, and so on, as applied to actual case studies. For students (or anyone else) who is confused about how any major psychologcal clinical theory is applied to actual cases, this is the book to read for clarification.