ABSTRACT
I shall present a cluster of theoretical and clinical thoughts and a clinical illustration concerned with the complex issue of subjectivity in psychoanalysis, which summarize and develop some issues from earlier chapters. These considerations begin with the question of what might emerge in a psychoanalytic session. What will emerge is, one hopes, uncertain. The analyst wants to see what will come out from the patient's narrative. From time to time the analyst may be able to nudge the patient's narrative on where appropriate and in the interests of the treatment, offering some kind of ‘punctuation’ of the narrative. The hope is that eventually, however long it takes, and of course it usually does take a long time, the patient will find their own voice.
