[Anamnesis as drama--the first sentences].

The encounter between therapist and patient can be viewed as a drama involving two actors, each attempting to convert the other. This conversion proceeds through unconscious and preconscious elements of interaction whose manifest and latent meaning/definition/interpretation is determined by the manner in which the conflict dynamics evolve within the developmental structure of the anamnesis. In this context one can observe three areas of decisive importance, namely information of an objective, subjective and dramatical nature. An analysis of the opening sentences from two case studies serves to illustrate how the dramatic process is being staged.