ABSTRACT
Psychoanalytic concepts are not something that have been defined once and for all. They are like empty vessels, which are re-filled each time we treat a new case, as well as each time a discussion takes place in the psychoanalytic community. Freud assumed that the patient, instead of remembering (which would have been better and more accessible), repeats the past and experiences it once again. In terms of the analytic situation, therefore, acting out is transference behaviour. In therapy, a verbalized transference offer often is followed by the actualization of the transference, with an increasing tendency by the patient to act, and a tendency on the part of the analyst to assume the complementary role and set up an action dialogue. Sandler supplements evenly hovering attention with evenly hovering role-responsiveness. When dealing with severe psychic disorders, the concept of projective identification took on an increasing significance from the treatment angle, this being due in particular to the followers of Klein.
