Differing concepts of psychoanalytic process and views of its "locale" are related to how essential the interactivity of the analyst is judged to be. Scientific scrutiny of clinical psychoanalysis requires that the interactive nature of the process be recognized. In this endeavor the concept of "process model" is helpful, as is the view of psychoanalysis as a form of treatment in which therapeutic process and therapeutic agent are distinguished.
精神分析过程的不同概念及其“发生场所”的观点，与分析师互动的重要性如何被评判相关。对临床精神分析的科学审视要求认识到该过程的互动本质。在这一努力中，“过程模型”的概念是有帮助的，将精神分析视为一种区分治疗过程和治疗因素的治疗形式的观点也是如此。
