Here again the Jungian emphasis on the analytic situation as a two-person interaction is restated and contrasted to the freudian view of diminished interaction. Strauss postulates that analytical psychologists may be 'too close' to the patient and freudian analysts 'too far' from him. The ambiguity of the analyst's position relative to the patient is noted in that they have a 'common ground', and yet the analyst must not 'side with the patient'. The author agrees with Fordham that countertransference should be interpreted to the patient.