ABSTRACT
Analytical psychologists as a whole have paid little attention to the subject of technique. Yet without developing a clear picture of what analysts do—and that is what technique implies—data obtained in the analytic situation cannot be fruitfully compared, no scientific studies can be made and communication between colleagues becomes difficult, if not meaningless. Besides Jung's publications, a number of books dealing with the practice of analytical psychology have appeared. Jung warned of dangers in the use of technical skills through a special case of the therapist using them defensively. Jung seems to have conceived technique as a method based on theory. Since Jung introduced many theoretical concepts of his own he could not in principle have been against the method but only against identifying explanation with the scientific procedures of psychoanalysis as a whole. Researches into the psychopathology of clinical psychoses and borderline states have given most impetus to the study of counter-transference.
