Gill points out that a basic problem in discussing the relation of psychotherapy to psychoanalysis lies in our confused and overlapping terminology. He would reserve the term 'psychoanalysis' for the classical psychoanalytic method and include under psychotherapy all other methods and modifications. He does not entirely agree with those who believe that no structural modification of the ego can be achieved through psychotherapy. His definition of psychoanalysis stresses the neutrality of the analyst, the resultant development of a regressive transference neurosis, and its resolution through interpretation alone. Neutrality is not a lack of responsiveness but rather a 'benevolent friendliness' of attitude which forms a baseline of consistent behavior. Regression is given impetus by