ABSTRACT
Aggressiveness can be considered as a second drive next to sexuality, or as a consequence of rejection or as both. The analyst distinguishes a secondary aggressiveness as symptom used to defend anxiety or against sexual desires and a primary aggressiveness which is not a defence. Both types can appear in different forms, in mature, neutralized form as hatred felt by one person against another or against a group; In less neutralized form, as so called narcissistic rage; In immature, primitive, un-neutralized form as destructiveness that wants to smash everything. It became clear that the aggressive elements which immediately prompted the other party to reject the erotic advances were nothing but reactions to childhood disappointments which had been relived in the group. The conductor should not be under great pressures but should be in a favourable position so as to fulfil what Winnicott calls the 'holding function'. He should be able to offer a facilitating environment which promotes the maturational process.
