ABSTRACT
The case of Jane is common in the practice of analysts. It is a case, wherein, after doing good analytic work, and even ter-minating the analysis in a satisfactory manner, the analyst still feels that something was missing, or that even though analysis could not have gone any further it was still not complete. These cases make us think of the difference between an incomplete analysis and an “incomplete-able” analysis. No analyst could or should set up himself to deal with everything in the analysis, because it is impossible to include every analysable material in one psychoanalysis. This is the reason a diagnosis at the beginning is crucial in assessing the realistic parameters for the analysis and keeping the exploratory process within what the patient came to analysis for. In cases like Jane’s we face a different challenge. In spite of a correct diagnosis, the unfolding of the material in a natural manner, and the success of the work of interpretation and construction/reconstruction, the patient leaves the analysis as it if was done for someone who was brought to the offi ce for that purpose, while she was just watching it happening. This condition deserves scrutinizing because it raises an important issue regarding an additional aspect in the analysis of narcissistic conditions.
