ABSTRACT
Dr. Samuel D. Lipton's main formulations appear to be essentially correct, and they are clearly and simply stated; in only one important area does there seem to be a difference in psychoanalyst's viewpoints, namely, with reference to the transference and nontransference phenomena, especially in the "borderline patients." There is a similarity between Dr. Lipton's formulation and the statement often heard that the analyst, like the physician, is partly scientist and partly artist, or that he uses partly a technique and partly intuition. Dr. Lipton's "analytic procedure" refers to something the analyst knows, the "therapeutic tendency" to something the analyst is. One relationship between these two factors may be elucidated by examining the mother's attitude toward her child. Dr. Lipton's formulation is also related to the thesis that the analyst has to divide his attention between the patient's intrapsychic conflicts and the disturbances of his capacity for interpersonal relations.
