The textbook of the outstanding American psychoanalyst Ralph R. Grinson is one of the most read and frequently reprinted manuals on the technique of classical psychoanalysis, it is recommended as a basic one in the American psychoanalyst training program. The success of the book is largely due to the fact that Greenson first-hand conveys clinical experience to the reader and devotes to the subtleties of the profession. He was one of the first to open the door to his office for the reader and allowed him to look at how psychoanalytic theory is embodied in practical work. In the book, Greenson examines in detail the technique of analysis of transfer and resistance, the problems of establishing a working alliance, the position of the analyst and the demands that the psychoanalytic situation puts forward.