Modes of Therapeutic Action - Paperbackby Martha Stark (Author) How do we position ourselves in relation to our patients? Do we participate as neutral object, as empathetic self object, or as authentic subject? Do we strive to enhance the patient's knowledge, to provide a corrective experience, or to work at the intimate edge? Author Biography Martha Stark, M. D., a graduate of the Harvard Medical School and the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, is a psychiatrist psychoanalyst in private