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The author comments on the relation between these two terms. The existence of true object relations between patient and analyst is sometimes overlooked. The analyst becomes in many ways a part of the patient's psychic reality. Hoffer acknowledges difficulty in distinguishing precisely between the analyst's transference and his countertransference. He compares the two concepts and examines the dynamic flow between analyst and patient.