This book with the misleading title of Institutions and How To Survive Them consists of a collection of papers, divided into three main sections. The first identifies the basic principles of the group-analytic approach; the second traces the development of family and marital therapy; and the third examines the relationship between professional development and personal growth. While I do not agree with many of the author's thoughts, I find, nevertheless, that this collection of papers makes interesting reading and is certainly thoughtprovoking.