I thank Professor Jureidini (2013) for his thoughtful reply. Psychoanalysts have long debated the necessary and sufficient duration of an analysis. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and specific variants such as Crisis Intervention (with individuals, couples or families) and Brief or Focal Psycho-dynamic Therapy, developed as abbreviated forms of psychotherapy within the psychoanalytic frame. If Professor Jureidini locates his 'minimalism' within this framework, I shall return to barracks forthwith (Jureidini, 2013).
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