ABSTRACT
One can confidently describe psycho-analytic treatment as a natural process of development in the patient. If, then, I inquire into the final goal of our therapy, I do not mean by this a prescribed final state, which, deduced from some philosophical, religious, moral, sociological, or even biological premise, requires that everyone should ‘get well’ according to its particular model. I ask rather: is our clinical experience sufficient to define the final goal, or at least the final direction of this natural development?
