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(Accepted for publication 15 of March, 2017)
When approaching identity issues, aspects related to False Self imply an in-depth understanding. As a natural sequel, Winnicott37 says, from a clinical perspective:
When analysing, we ask ourselves: how much are we allowed to do? And, by contrast, the motto in my clinic is: how little is it necessary to be done?
The journey towards the discovery, the construction and perhaps the recovery of identity takes us to the more or less rigid defences which define an individual, through the caudine forks of anguish, shame and guilt, to the land of the Authentic Self. In this psychonanalyst-guided journey, the analyst's patience and tuning on the one hand, and the trust and safety felt by the patient on the other hand, are essential factors.
Resuming Winnicott's question above, the analyst must be comprehensive and patient enough, so as to allow the patient to dream first,