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Little attention has been paid in the analytic literature to the assessment process. The prevailing view that questioning the prospective patient only bypasses defences is challenged. The necessity of asking questions for diagnostic purposes is elaborated. The suggestion is made that the two broad areas where questions might fruitfully be asked for diagnostic purposes are possible developmental
interferences and the patient's response to the developmental tasks of adult life.