SEYMOUR FISHER, PhD, was, until his death in 1996, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse. Dr. Fisher received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Chicago. His previous books include Development and Structure of the Body Image, Sexual Images of the Self, The Psychology of Adaptation to Absurdity, and (with Roger P. Greenberg) Freud Scientifically Reappraised (Wiley).

ROGER P. GREENBERG, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Division of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse. He also has an active private practice in clinical psychology. He is the author of more than 125 published articles and books, including The Scientific Credibility of Freud's Theories and Therapy (with Seymour Fisher), which, upon its publication, was selected by both the National Library Association and Psychology Today as one of the best books in the behavioral sciences.