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Abstract
In this paper I draw attention to the state of mind of the analyst whilst engaging in psychoanalysis. I suggest that psychoanalysis is a state of mind but that the analyst is required to relinquish their degree of subjectivity, to temporarily lose the integrity of their mind, in the service of helping the patient develop a mind of their own. This is done through identification with internal objects via projective identification in unconscious phantasy which forms the basis of a shared dream, namely the transference-countertransference. I suggest that psychoanalysis may constitute a new orientation in science in respect of blurring the boundaries between observer and observed. Psychoanalysis can be conceived of as a science of the experience of mind.