Patients who enter analysis with specific goals seem particularly suited to demonstrate its therapeutic capabilities. Five such patients and their analyses are briefly described. All attained their goals, and four continued in analysis with further benefit.

It seems opportune to report such cases at a time when the demand for psychoanalysis seems to be decreasing and the randomized controlled trial, which cannot be applied to psychoanalysis, is being criticized outside of the psychoanalytic community, thus bringing psychoanalysis closer to the other disciplines.