"Institutes and How to Survive Them" is an edited selection of papers about personal growth and professional development in the mental health field. It describes how institutions can resource professionals - through training, supervision and consultation - to include them in the equation of change. Accessible to the interested general reader as well as to professionals, it complements "Explorations with Families" Skynner's other collection of clinical papers. This book should be of interest to psychotherapists, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and all mental health professionals.