The authors draw attention to the ways in which inherent characteristics of the analytic procedure may create nontherapeutic complications in a patient's life. These complications may be extra-analytic, i.e., disruptive to the analysand's relationship with his spouse or parent; or they may be intra-analytic, i.e., destructive to therapeutic efficacy. Clinical instances of such reactions are described and their points of origin in the analytic situation are identified. Although the authors do not attempt to prescribe a specific technique or formula for dealing with such iatrogenic complications of analysis, they show in clinical examples how an alertness to these reality aspects of analytic procedure can lead to their mitigation. The paper calls for the systematic consideration and review of techniques which other analysts have undoubtedly utilized but rarely reported in the literature. The frankness, clarity, and simplicity of language with which these authors have approached their subject could well be taken as models for future contributors.