Is the relationship between therapist and patient paramount in the therapeutic process?
• This is turn on the old Freudian transference theory now dressed up in new clothes. Of course, the patient must trust the therapist, but the cure is not there. It is in the science of the therapy itself. All of our sessions are controlled, taped and watched over to make sure that the science is adhered to. Primal therapy is now almost mathematic and predictable. We know when a therapist makes a mistake and we correct it immediately. • In addition, we systematically bring in patients to staff meetings to see how they are doing, if they are satisfied with their therapy and how we can further help them. Transference and its analysis is now 100 years old. Can we imagine any other medical field still using ideas from 100 years ago? Too often, patients become too dependent on a therapist under the name of transference, where the patient believes he can only feel with his regular therapist. Remember it is the process, not the person. There is the notion that we cannot reduce a patient to a
