The author explores ways in which psychoanalysts directly or indirectly educate their patients about attitudes, beliefs, and areas of knowledge in which the analytic community claims expertise. The neglected art of teaching a patient how to collaborate in the analytic process is addressed. Therapeutic aspects of educative interventions are discussed with respect to emotion, development, trauma and stress, intimacy and sexuality, and self-esteem. Emphasis is put on areas in which psychoanalytic subcultures differ notably from the larger society. The dangers of an analyst's taking a deliberately instructional stance or a tone of certainty are noted.