title: The role of analyst's expectations in clinical technique: reflections on the concept of resistance.
abstract: The role played by an analyst's expectations in technique is taken up via consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of the concept of resistance. A conception of resistance is presented, and specific clinical interventions suggested by it are illustrated and discussed. The principle of even hovering attention as an ideal analytic attitude is criticized.
authors.affiliation: San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, USA.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Renik
mesh_terms: D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*