ABSTRACT
Victor was suing the finance company for two reasons: first, to receive money equaling more than a year's salary that he would have earned had he continued working for them. Second, he wanted to recover his parents' money that had been invested in the company. Therefore, there would be two trials. Dr. Adeline learned that when Victor was fired he had to borrow large amounts of money both from his parents and from his mother-in-law. Dr. Adeline's remarks also opened a way for Victor to join her and examine the psychological connections of his actions, without fear of losing the realistic aims of the two trials. The actions Victor exhibited both inside and outside his analyst's office during the first years of his treatment can be considered acting out in its classical sense. Sigmund Freud stated that acting out could be a way of remembering, but explored more how it served as a resistance against treatment.
