Dream analysis as a relational event commentary on Blechner's “the patient's dreams and the countertransference”;

Abstract

Mutuality—sine qua non. An attempt to continue analyzing unilaterally. Emotionality disappeared; analysis insipid. Relationship—distant. Once mutuality has been attempted, one sided analysis then is no longer possible—not productive. Now the question: must every case be mutual?—and to what extent? [Dupont, 1988, p. 213].