Copyright and permissions
Hidden Gold and Difficult Questions: A Study of Davanloo’s Work draws closely on published clinical material. Respect for that material—and for the rights of its authors and publishers—has been an integral part of preparing the book.
Permissions acknowledgments
Habib Davanloo, Unlocking the Unconscious
Extracts from Unlocking the Unconscious: Selected Papers of Habib Davanloo, MD, by Habib Davanloo (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1990). Copyright © 1990 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of the Licensor through PLSclear.
Catherine Hickey, Understanding Davanloo’s Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide for Clinicians
From Understanding Davanloo’s Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide for Clinicians, 1st edition, by Catherine Hickey, pp. 29–34, 38–39, 49 and 54–55. Copyright © 2017 Catherine Hickey. First published by Karnac Books; subsequently published by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group. Reproduced by permission of Taylor & Francis Group.
Rights-holder inquiries and independent legal advice
For a small number of passages from earlier publications, the publisher identified by the Copyright Clearance Center as the relevant rights holder informed me that it did not hold those rights and could not identify who did. Those inquiries therefore did not establish a rights holder from whom permission could be obtained. I did not treat that difficulty as permission to reproduce the material.
I commissioned a Danish copyright lawyer with knowledge of international copyright law to review key quotations and advise me on the legal principles governing their use. This engagement included paid consultation specifically devoted to understanding the relevant legal frameworks and how to apply them to the manuscript.
The consultation addressed the quotation provision in section 22 of the Danish Copyright Act (ophavsretsloven), alongside Article 10 of the Berne Convention and the relevant international context. Particular attention was given to fair practice, the extent of quotation justified by its purpose, and appropriate identification and acknowledgment of sources.
Method and application to the manuscript
Respect for the original publications has guided both the writing of this book and the preparation of its quotations. I summarize where a summary serves the discussion. Where the analysis depends on the wording or on how an exchange unfolds, I quote enough of the passage to preserve the context readers need to assess my interpretation—including details that may support a different reading.
A patient’s correction may mean something different depending on what prompted it and how the therapist responds. Keeping those moments together allows readers to examine the sequence on which my interpretation depends.
Taken together, the excerpts serve the book’s argument, with their selection and length guided by what the discussion asks readers to examine. They appear within sustained analysis and commentary, rather than as a substitute for the original publications.
For the limited portions of the book for which a licensing route could not be established, I applied the independent legal guidance I commissioned, assessing the purpose, extent, attribution, and analytical context of the quotations. Uncertainty about ownership was not treated as an exemption from copyright obligations.
The memorandum emphasizes that quotation should enter into dialogue with the source, extend only as far as its purpose requires, and remain subordinate to my own discussion. It also stresses the importance of assessing quotations cumulatively, within individual chapters and across the book.
Particular attention was given to the Cement-Mixer Man case, which the independent legal review identified as requiring the closest assessment of the extent of quotation. A word-count assessment estimates that my quotations amount to approximately 6–7% of the source chapter. I considered these excerpts together, examining what each contributes to the discussion and where the original wording and surrounding exchange are needed for readers to assess my interpretation fairly.
The permissions obtained for this book do not grant readers permission to reproduce the underlying third-party material elsewhere. Any further use must be assessed separately under the relevant licence terms and applicable law.
Carl Bruno Weitling, memorandum concerning quotation from Basic Principles and Techniques in Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, 7 October 2026, sections 2, 4.1–4.3, 5 and 7–8.