In this selection of papers, Malcolm Pines explores many different aspects of psychoanalysis and group analysis. Section one contains four papers that emphasize mirroring, child development and healing. Section two looks at the development of the psychoanalytic movement and the relationship of dynamic psychotherapy to psychoanalysis. The final sections consider the historical context of psychoanalysis, with a particular emphasis on the development of both psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychiatry in the UK.