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The Sequence of Sessions I have Selected is from the early midphase of a woman's analysis in which I am working with transference and countertransference in the maternal void. This analysand challenges the value of analysis and tests my confidence. I have made this choice because, being early in the midphase, the treatment process is still open to the effect of the discussants' input.
I waited for sessions that were not close to a vacation in order not to provoke an emphasis on separation and loss. I jotted down notes during and after the sessions, as is my usual habit, and wrote up process notes later. I did not use audiotape because I prefer to rely on my observing ego. I don't pretend that it is possible to have 100 percent accuracy, even with audiotape, and I realize that what I am giving you to work with is my version of what happened. I prefer to use the narrative form to convey the analytic process, and I hope it is not falsely persuasive of one point of view. With those caveats, I believe that this account is a faithful record of much of what the