Considering the disease as a special form of the patient's experience of his life story, the author offers a comprehensive psychoanalytic justification for the methodology of joint management of the patient by a doctor and a psychoanalyst. The style of presentation and structure of the book is characterized by a distinct clinical focus, many examples from the practice of many years of interdisciplinary work with dermatological patients are presented. The book addresses psychologists and psychoanalysts working with psychosomatic patients, clinicians seeking to incorporate interdisciplinary aspects of treatment into their practice, dermatologists, and physicians of other specialties.