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Because schizophrenic processes are not yet fully understood, new techniques of therapy are constantly tried. For short-term therapy certain short cuts based on analytic understanding are useful. Ponce recommends concentrating on 'the transference psychosis' and the intense anxiety. The patient is now and then made to face the unconscious impulses which overwhelm his ego. Without 'the transference psychosis' the patient's ego synthesis would not be possible.