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This paper is an edited version of a paper in thesis form which Paula Heimann gave in April 1970 in Latin America. We have edited the manuscript, which had many abbreviations and additions at the margins, for publication in this book. We found in Paula Heimann’s literary estate several papers with extensive case material, marked ‘Confidential’, which seemed to have been prepared for seminars in Germany, and this paper brings together various aspects which were discussed in greater detail there.
What I shall say today will hardly be new. It is my aim to present ideas, whether they are new or old, in the form of simple statements in order to start a discussion on this important topic that demands a great deal from us every day.
1 The nature of interpretation has to do with ‘meaning’—compare Freud (1900a) The Interpretation of Dreams
2 It is a comment by the analyst to his patient.
3 This comment is the analyst’s response to something from his patient, e.g., to:
a report on his experience(s) in the present
recollection(s) from the earlier past;
an expression of feelings, wishes, fears, etc.;
a thought process in which the patient tries to
material dealing with feelings and thoughts about the analyst;