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The role of our knowledge of the ego in determining the kind of psychotherapy to be used in a particular case is discussed. Some techniques of psychotherapy are described from the point of view of the ego, including some consideration of the use of hypnosis. Knowledge of the functioning of the ego forces us to recognize certain unavoidable limitations of what can be accomplished in psychotherapy.