The author discusses the inner struggle the analyst must cope with when he contemplates departure from such basic rules as use of free association, use of the couch, and orthodox arrangements as regards time and money. In the process of recognizing a justifiable occasion for breaking these rules, the analyst must struggle with his own introjects of figures of authority: Freud, his training analyst, his parents. Unanalyzed conflicts with these introjects may result in the analyst's feeling like a bad child, even though his innovation is entirely correct.