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The author attempts to define and then find a remedy for the serious cleavage among psychoanalysts between those who consider themselves freudian and those more like Theodor Reik. The original contact that people had with Freud may
account for the origin of the cleavage. In contrast to those, like Fenichel or Glover, who may have approached Freud with less personal involvement, and emerged with a more intellectual version of his views based largely on his writings, Reik emulated what he actually felt in therapy with Freud. Relatively little is known about how Freud dealt with his patients. Sherman suggests that Reik's use of directness, surprise, and confrontation came from his experience with Freud and led to his concern with countertransference, although Reik does not use that term. Freudians are more concerned with transference and its interpretation to the patient as a means of dealing with resistance and repression. Repression to Freud and Reik is quite different in meaning. Many other interesting details about Freud and Reik, their differences and fundamental agreements are presented.
Sherman suggests that the cleavage be viewed in less personal terms, and feels that transference and countertransference views of psychoanalytic treatment ultimately will exist. An exploration of relationships between the contrasting viewpoints is recommended.