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Some analyses are impeded or totally thwarted by failure of patient and analyst to form a working alliance. Clinical examples of such failure are examined, showing how they were corrected. Formation of the working alliance, its characteristics, and its relation to transference are discussed. It is contended that the working alliance is equally as important as the transference neurosis.