The body of this paper has been concerned with techniques used in the initial stages of treatment, which can extend over years and which aim at making the child more analyzable. We have not dealt with the later period of therapy when the borderline picture gradually changes and internalized conflict can become the center of treatment. We hope that at some future date other members of the group will describe just this process.

We have discussed the technique within the treatment situation, as it is in reality and not as we would like it to be. We would ask the reader to bear in mind that treatment in a clinic involves special problems such as consideration for other patients, for the building, and not least the question of transport.