As a result of rapid social and ecological changes, and exacerbated by the Corona pandemic, there has been an extreme upheaval in our social relationships. Issues involving autonomy and relatedness have become particularly topical. They touch on central concepts in our lives such as self-confidence and love, as well as freedom and loneliness. Where do we stand in the face of this upheaval? What are the resulting tasks facing psychodynamic psychotherapy? This volume addresses these and other important questions.

Prof. Dorothea Huber is a professor at the International Psychoanalytic University of Berlin. She was previously head physician in the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in Munich. Prof. Michael Ermann is a psychoanalyst in Berlin and Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.