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I want to comment on Orgel's paper. Part of the comments include something that Dr. Friedman mentioned just now. There are many papers that we read by experienced analysts who say over the course of time that their technique changed in a direction similar to Dr. Orgel's. My question is: Why is it hard for us to teach about the intimacy of the analytic relationship to our candidates, why is it something that we need to learn over time? Do we as analysts need first to internalize a theory that then gives us a safety zone from which to be intimate (though as you point out this also can become a frequent barrier against intimacy). Or in fact is the ability to tolerate the kind of intimacy that you describe in the analysis really something that only comes with age and with the ability to tolerate loss and the ability to tolerate intense affects in one's self? That's the question.
That's a wonderful question.
It is a very good question. I feel tempted to respond: all of the above, mixed together. Certain things immediately occur to me. First, I think