ABSTRACT
The remarkable and steadfast conservatism of Freud regarding the therapeutic application of his discovery appears in several places in his writings . We may generalize briefly to the effect that Freud believed the true indications for psychoanalysis to be the transference psychoneuroses and equivalent character disturbances . While temperately hopeful for the future treatment of psychoses, the very expression, "some other plan better suited for that purpose" (Freud, 1939) suggests how closely linked in Freud's thinking were the psychoanalytic technique and the basically reliable ego. We know from his writings that Freud was far from rigid or static in his technical methods; however, he was apparently not much concerned with developing and systematizing new techniques, or in experimenting with remote nosological groups.
