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Anna Freud discusses these two papers. Stone speaks of 'parameters', modifications of technique for special problems. Miss Freud believes that modifications are often the result of changes in theory. Variations of technique are elicited by four causes: 1, special conditions in the case; 2, variations in theory; 3, the 'style' and interests of the analyst; 4, the 'style' of the patient which elicits (or 'permits') certain attitudes in the analyst. Stone favors treatment of patients with severely impaired ego function but Miss Freud believes we should devote more time to work with hysteric, phobic, and compulsive patients.
The rest of her discussion deals with problems of transference. After a brief allusion to the classical problem of transference with the narcissistic character, she elaborates on other special types. There is the ego traumatized by separation from mother during the first year of life. The failure to establish a love object in the 'object libidinal' sense tends to persist, with inability to concentrate libido on one object. The transference onto the analyst is thus