Introduction: Gedo and Freud on working through

In this issue we begin an experiment. John Gedo has graciously given us permission to publish his plenary address with a series of brief commentaries, which are followed by a response ("Encore") from Dr. Gedo. You will note that some of the discussants take up an aspect of his point of view, while others elaborate on an aspect of the topic. The result might be called a "round table" on working through. We invite JAPA readers to join in the discussion with written comments. We would aim in this way to keep alive in the Journal a sense of the vitality of argument found at our meetings and so to advance the work and its theoretical basis. We are grateful to the discussants and especially to Dr. Gedo for his patience with our scrutiny and his engagement with our responses.