Almost everyone who crosses the therapists threshold is looking for a second chancea shot at living a richer less restricted life. Understanding how echoes of the past resonate in and shape the present provides opportunities to resolve crippling conflicts and make new choices. Furthermore such insight produces a sense of mastery. But not everyone is aware that the problems she brings into weekly therapy are just the first few bars of his or her song. Jane Hall wrote Deepening the Treatment to help the psychodynamically informed therapist help the patient recognize that exploring ideas and feelings is a journey worth taking and that the therapist is a trustworthy guide. Often people need to wade before they feel comfortable diving into deep waters. Hall introduces a responsible if unconventional application of respectful nondirective therapy and she supports her vision with clinical examples and thoughtful attention to issues of basic techniqueamong them separation termination selfdisclosure frequency of sessions tolerating patient rage and of course interpreting the transference.