The question arises from expanding the relational model which increasingly highlights the strong inclusion of the analyst's personality into the analytic scene. The review of some of the positions of the international literature shows a kind of meta-model connecting some very different points of view. The author is interested in showing how this sometimes creates forced, confusing closeness between models which start from opposite vertexes, for instance the individual and bipersonal models of mind. Bonaminio underlines the risk of an ever-decreasing consideration of and respect for a private area of the patient's mind. The value of this area also consists in showing the