On the basis of reports by Freud's analysands, the author comes to the conclusion that Freud not only went beyond the rules he laid down in his writings on therapeutic technique, but that there is a contradiction. The concept of transference is supplemented by the notion of relationship between the analyst and the patient as the basis of the therapeutic process. The constitution and the shaping of this relationship

is a condition for any interpretive and corrective work on transference in psychotherapy.