ABSTRACT
The knowledge with which the psychoanalytic enterprise is concerned refers to a truth that is always unwelcome. It is unwelcome mainly because it is unconscious and does not depend on the will, or on the wishes of the subject. At one time in psychoanalytic circles, the term was in fact used loosely and descriptively. New concepts like enactment, re-enactment, and actualization in the transference have emerged to become themes of great interest in the psychoanalytic literature. In contemporary psychoanalytic writings there has also been a growing interest in the analyst's own contributions to the enactments and re-enactments in the countertransference. If acting out is the black sheep in psychoanalytic treatment, dreams have been from the very beginning the darlings of psychoanalysts. The interpretations of dreams became an important feature of psychoanalytic treatment, although the way that dreams are used in clinical practice has greatly changed over the years. The destructive narcissism might only become truly evident in the psychoanalytic process.
