Book excerpt: Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis is a leading edge journal for clinicians working relationally with their clients; it is a professional journal, featuring cultural articles, politics, reviews and poetry relevant to attachment and relational issues; an inclusive journal welcoming contributions from clinicians of all orientations seeking to make a contribution to attachment approaches to clinical work. It includes up to date briefings on latest developments in neuroscience relevant to psychotherapy and counseling and is an international journal with contributions from colleagues from different countries and cultures. Articles - The State Regulation of Psychotherapy: From Self-regulation to Self-mutilation? by Richard Reeves and Phil Mollon - In a Third Space: Working with Writers and Artists by Eileen Aird - Self-regulation: The Ways of Nature by Kathrin Stauffer - Young People in Crisis: The Need for Secure Relationships in the Family and in Society by Jason Gordon - Enduring Horror: Psychotherapy with Monsters by Mark Linington - Comment on: ‘Enduring Horror: Psychotherapy with Monsters’ by Claire Harris - The Humility of Frances Tustin: Introductory Essay to ‘The Perpetuation of an Error’, by Frances Tustin (1994) by Victoria Hamilton - The Perpetuation of an Error by Frances Tustin