It was the privilege of the present writer to have been able to assist at the 10th International Congress for Psychotherapy which met for the first time in England at Oxford from July 29th to August 2nd, under the presidency of the well-known Swiss psychologist, Professor C. G. Jung. The gathering included many distinguished psychotherapists from England and the Continent, and the United States of America.

As the title of the Congress indicates, the contribution of papers, discussions and exhibitions all had a bearing on the various problems connected with the diagnosis and treatment of those border line cases of mental disorder which may aptly be described as disturbances of the normal functioning of the personality during the childhood, adolescent and adult stages of life. The frequency of such disturbances and the obscurity in which their origin and characteristics were for so long—and still largely are—shrouded, have given rise to intensive studies on the part of those whose interests are focussed on the special problems of childhood. The general public, too, is becoming increasingly aware that there are problems of behaviour which call for expert treatment, but as is so often the case it is apt to become bewildered by the diversity of theories and opinions put forward from time to time. As Professor Jung observed in his opening address, various schools of thought and practice are in existence side by side, the authors of which do not see eye to eye with one another and tend to remain aloof from like theories and practice of others.