Training in Clinical Psychology-A Note on Trends [1945]

There is in analysis another great value which comes while one is actually in it. This lies in the opportunity it affords for catharsis in relation to current problems. One is impressed with the value of having somebody to go to at regular intervals just to "get things off one's chest." There is the possible disadvantage of releasing pent-up tensions which might perhaps be productively harnessed, but in my experience tensions of this kind rarely lend themselves to conversion into constructive activity.