It Takes Two to Know One; Philip Bromberg Introduction

Book Announcement by Anthony Bass (USA)

It Takes Two to Know One: The Therapy Relationship and Unconscious Dialogues

Bass, A. (2026). It takes two to know one: The therapy relationship and unconscious dialogues. Routledge.

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Drawing on his foundational papers written over the past twenty-five years, Anthony Bass explores the nature of relational psychoanalysis in clinical practice in his new book, It Takes Two to Know One: The Therapy Relationship and Unconscious Dialogues (Routledge).

As a first generational relational analyst, Bass demonstrates the depth, scope and healing power of mutual transformation for patient and analyst alike within the analytic frame. Patient and analyst demonstrably co-create the psychotherapeutic space, situation, structure and experience, and together promote mutual growth and healing. Drawing on the revolutionary work of Sandor Ferenczi, this book expands our understanding of therapy as a ‘dialogue of unconscious,’ revealing the ways in which the bi-directional currents of unconscious communication may be creatively utilized as an essential therapeutic tool. It sheds light on the conditions for actualizing a flexible, contextual use of the self in therapy, establishing an ever-deeper foundation for clinical work as it progresses. The book, part of Routledge’s “Relational Perspectives Book Series,” features accessible language and includes illuminating case studies.

www.routledge.com/It-Takes-Two-to-Know-One

Philip Bromberg: A Contemporary Introduction

Bass, A., & Ceccoli, V. C. (2026). Philip Bromberg: A contemporary introduction. Routledge.

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From Routledge’s “Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis” Series comes a new volume offering the first introduction to Philip Bromberg and his groundbreaking contributions to clinical psychoanalysis.

In Philip Bromberg: A Contemporary Introduction, Anthony Bass and Velleda C. Ceccoli draw on their experience as Bromberg’s students, supervisees, colleagues, and friends to outline and elaborate his key ideas and their applications to therapeutic work. Considering Bromberg’s importance in the field of interpersonal and relational psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, they draw on his theories of dissociation, enactment, and multiplicity to show the importance of self-states for both the therapist and patient within a clinical setting.

www.routledge.com/Philip-Bromberg-A-Contemporary-Introduction

Anthony Bass, Ph.D. is an associate professor and clinical consultant at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He is teaching faculty, training and supervising analyst at the Columbia Psychoanalytic Institute, President of the Stephen Mitchell Relational Study Center, and a Founding Director and Board Member of IARPP (The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis). He is also an editor emeritus of the international journal Psychoanalytic Dialogues and serves on the board of the Sandor Ferenczi Center at the New School, NYC. He lectures and teaches workshops and seminars on his work and the work of Sandor Ferenczi all over the world.

Velleda C. Ceccoli, Ph.D. is on the faculties of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, The Stephen Mitchell Center, and The Institute for Relational and Self Psychologies in Milan, Italy. She is also on the editorial boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Studies in Gender and Sexuality. Velleda writes the ongoing psychoanalytic blog Out of My Mind, and has published numerous journal articles on language, trauma, dissociation, sexuality, gender and erotic experience. She maintains a private practice in New York.

Anthony Bass, Ph.D.