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Psychoanalytic Quarterly, Vol. XVII, No. 4, 1948.
These patients react in the transference as traumatized, pre-oedipal children. Experience has convinced the author that sitting face to face obviates some of the difficulties that ensue with a patient on the couch. These patients will be constantly searching to test the trustworthiness of the new parent they have found in the analyst.