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Psychoanalysis is designed to reveal the subtleties and ramifications of the psychic processes that link past and present. This paper discusses the difficulties in reconstruction of the past, and stresses the importance of following and comprehending the significance of the patient's current behavior. Clinical examples are cited.
The importance of the transference and its investigation is emphasized. Transference phenomena may be regarded as somewhat resembling the manifest content of the dream: one portion, leading to the day's residues, illuminates the contemporary