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An Analyst (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠his greatest mistake in assuming the patient has a psychology like his own — a projection that may hit the mark once but mostly remains a projection.

An Analyst (n.) who ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠hides behind impersonality sets a bad example — the patient did not get ill from an excess of naturalness, and is not too stupid to notice the little game of prestige.

An Analyst (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠discuss only what he has become conscious of through his own experience; what the patient brings beyond it founders on the analyst's unconsciousness — or on a schematic theorem he uses to avoid feeling inferior.

An Analyst (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠his own complexes, and so his own blind spots that act as prejudices — hence the demand that he be analysed first.

An Analyst (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠exactly as blind to his patient's attitude as to his own unconscious problems, which is why a doctor must be analysed before he practises analysis.

The Analyst (n.) who ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠shows no emotion can be a fool: one bewildered patient was cured in a moment when Jung swore and told her, "Do you think I am an idiot or a catatonic?"

The Analyst (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no superman for having a theory; his knowledge is only a professional advantage that does not keep him out of the fray, and he is tested as much as the patient.

The Analyst (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠analysed in every analysis, being as much in it as the patient; psychotherapy is a personal responsibility, not an impersonal method, much as surgeons once failed to wash their hands.