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DISCUSSION: Dr. Donald Miller noted that Dr. Sander's paper may be the first from the field of family therapy to be presented at the New York Psychoanalytic Society after almost forty years of the co-existence of psychoanalysis and family treatment. What is new in Dr. Sander's clinical material is the recognition of the extent to which conflicts and fantasies are shared, the consequences of such sharing, and how much can be done to intervene. There was much in Dr. Sander's presentation that is useful for analysts doing analysis; for instance, his paper emphasized the need for heightened sensitivity to the dynamics of our patients' extra-analytic relationships. Family therapists become specialists in the mutual transferences of everyday life. Analysts can also profit from a heightened awareness of certain forms of resistance in which others share. Also useful would be an ability to make better informed decisions regarding referral for couple consultation and/or