ABSTRACT
The subject of this discussion is derived from a phrase in Jung’s essay on the transference. There he writes: ‘Inseparable from the persona is the doctor’s routine and his trick of knowing everything beforehand, which is one of the favourite props of the well-versed practitioner and of all infallible authority.’ That, Jung contends, is impossible when it comes to psychotherapy because, sooner or later in any deep analysis, ‘Doctor and patient…find themselves in a relationship founded on mutual unconsciousness’ (Jung, 1946, p. 176).
