ABSTRACT
This non-verbal relationship ought to mark certain important points in the analysis, just like the transference neurosis at its strongest, but both present the same hazards if we allow the patient to indulge in them indefinitely. At first it seems paradoxical to talk of the non-verbal relationship in psychoanalytic treatment when classical analytic technique rests entirely on the dialogue between analyst and patient. In our view the establishment of this non-verbal relationship ought to mark certain important points in the analysis, just like the transference neurosis at its strongest, but both present the same hazards if we allow the patient to indulge in them indefinitely. If the analysis can help him first to recognise these aspirations and then to accept them in their various kinds, without being torn apart by illusory contradictions, he will reach a quality of fullness which is certainly the most worthy aim that psycho-analytic treatment can set itself.
