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Analysis assumes that a “we” is formed, marking the existence of the analytical “couple”. This “we” is the scene of different types of transference throughout the analysis. It allows for the embodiment of different figures, from the most archaic to the most elaborate, and “is undone” at the moment of separation. While asymmetry and the subject-function gap allow for the unfolding of the transference dynamics and the possibility of interpretation, it is sometimes necessary for a third party objectified by the group to intervene in order to establish and maintain the functionality of the analytical situation. In the group, “a patient is talked about” (“on parle d'un patient”) in front of the analyst, who then becomes a spectator of a scene in which the group, after listening to the analyst's presentation, “appropriates” the patient and freely associates. This setting, which modifies the analyst's position, can help to highlight counter-transference issues that need to be clarified both in order to begin the analysis and to end it.