ABSTRACT
The concept expressed by A. M. Cooper, that an individual also needs to be "isolated", leads to make a link with I. Berenstein's conclusions in his commentary on "Analysis Terminable and Interminable". S. Freud was greatly preoccupied with the analysis of future analysts. "Analysis Terminable and Interminable" is one of Freud's most widely cited and fascinating works, besides being one of his last, and it can be looked upon as a sort of spiritual testament. Freud spoke as though psychoanalytic technique and theory had reached such a level as to allow an almost definitive overall evaluation, instead of considering it still in its infancy, with ample space for far-reaching change. Freud was afraid of the technical and theoretical innovations of some of his pupils. There is an implicit demand that patients should submit to his authority, and Cooper notes that Freud seems to treat this as a fact, rather than as a phantasy to be analysed.
