Dr. Beuchler's wise contribution reminds me that Larry Friedman referred to theory as the analyst's security blanket. I think ideology has a similar role. But the important point she makes is that analysts have to acknowledge that they have values. The patient certainly assumes that they do. The challenge is to not impose these values on the patient. The model of analytic neutrality, an absolute non-self-disclosure, can certainly be carried too far. The danger which she and other contributors refer to is of analysis becoming a ritual cult. Candidates are particularly at risk to overvalue the categories “analyst” and “analysis.” Jack Arlow tried to demystify these concepts by referring to analysis as a conversation, and Charles Brenner wrote that analysis is not defined by frequency or furniture.