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While traditional patients feel it is sufficient to simply lie on their backs and say everything, modern analysands are highly motivated to develop further techniques for being successfully treated. This paper is a summary of recent developments.
Effectiveness at being a patient starts with the first phone call. Analysts have many resistances to giving and maintaining treatment. The analyst may name a very high fee, have no time right now, or try to refer the patient elsewhere. It is best to be unhesitatingly cooperative in this early phase. When asked, patients should say that they can come any time. They should find out what fee the analyst likes to charge and offer to pay it.
Since patients end up suffering from whatever it is that their analysts treat, they should understand that in choosing an analyst, they are also selecting their pathology. A wide range of choice is available. It includes symptom neuroses, character disorders, borderline