ABSTRACT
THE principle that the libido of the transference should be made accessible to the patient's understanding through interpretation has been practically axiomatic in analytical psychology. Confrontation with and interpretation of the unconscious material are considered the basic means to this end, even when immediate acceptance of the material is still impossible for the patient. Usually, indeed, such interpretation, either reductively or prospectively in archetypal terms, leads to a transformation of the projected complexes and thus to a severance of the transference in its essential aspects.
