Psychoanalytic therapy in its classical conception is viewed as an act of liberation. The suffering individual is liberated from unconscious burdens, fixations, repressions, defenses, etc., and once this act of liberations has been accomplished, the personality is permitted to make its own adjustment. This conception, in my opinion, does not comprehend the full impact of the psychoanalytic therapy of schizophrenics. Although psychoanalytic methods applied to psychoses are many and are based on different theoretical premises, it is my feeling that most analysts would agree that this treatment cannot be viewed only as an act of liberation. It must do much more. It must establish that normal ability to relate with others that the patient has lost or never had; must remove the primary process manifestations which are re-emerging and must facilitate a