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William Clifford Munroe Scott was the supervisor of my first case.
Analyzed by Melanie Klein, he had risen through the ranks of the British Society and was one of three people who were editors of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis.
D. Ewen Cameron, chairman of Psychiatry at McGill, hired him to set up training in psychoanalysis for residents in psychiatry at McGill.
When he was supervising me, I would report to his office once a week, with my notes for the previous week (five sessions). I was astonished to find out the accuracy of his prediction as to what was in my notes, based on what I had previously reported to him. I did not notice anything particularly Kleinian in the interpretations he gave me.
In time, Scott and Cameron had a falling out. Cameron endeavoured to provide training for residents. Scott gave priority to people, like myself, who had had previous analysis. Eventually Scott resigned from McGill, thereby losing his teaching licence. But being a graduate of the University of Toronto and having acquired the Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada, for the rest of his career he practised psychoanalysis away from the university. I never resigned but always emphasized psychoanalysis.
On the basis of my experience with Scott, I believe psychoanalysis to be the treatment of choice for suitable patients. I saw one of Scott's patients on the ward. Clearly, he was not suitable; psychoanalysis is not for everybody.
James Naiman
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