ABSTRACT
What I do, or think I do, is to draw attention to certain patterns that I observe in the behaviour of my patients while they are with me in the consulting room. These patterns appear to me to be discernible and, sooner or later, describable in language which I can formulate and which, sooner or later, the analysand can understand. For this they must be able to learn my mode of communication—however defective. And I must be able to make a formulation which the analysand, granted that the evidence available in the analytic room can also be used to contribute to his comprehension, can understand if he will permit my formulation and his experience to reinforce each other.
