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The Deutsche Psychoanalytische Vereinigung's Spring congress took place in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg from April 29 to May 2, 1992. The congress was dedicated to the theme of “The Inseparable Bond between Therapy and Research in Psychoanalysis”. The DPV holds two congresses per year: one, organised by the central bodies of the Association is held at Wiesbaden every Autumn, the other takes place in spring and is arranged by various local branches of the Association and held on their premises. This year it was the Ulm group's (Psychoanalytische Arbeitgemeinschaft Ulm) turn to organise the national spring congress. It is up to the organising group to arrange the congress and choose its theme. In Ulm two analysts have for some time been studying the link between therapy and research in psychoanalysis, both with a group of fellow Association members and with a group at the local University's Institute of Psychotherapy. The first of the two analysts in question is Helmut Thomä, formerly a lecturer in psychotherapy at Ulm University, and today Professor Emeritus there. The second is Horst Kächele, who inherited Thomä's post as lecturer. They wrote a treatise on