The thesis of this paper is that in recent times focus on the relationship with the analyst and interpretation of transference/countertransference have become too exclusive a center of attention in psychoanalysis. Analysis of the transference is the place where affect is most immediate and alive, it is the most powerful analytic experience; nonetheless, the timing of this focus may have very different effects based on the nature of patients’ problems. While inevitably transference/ countertransference exists from early on, the question is what preparation is necessary for effective use of its interpretation. I will suggest a number of clinical situations in which I believe we would be wise to consider that other approaches may better serve patients, at least at certain periods of analysis, and it would seem beneficial to delay a focus in the relationship or the transference.
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