Poland W S
J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 1984;32(2):283-99. doi: 10.1177/000306518403200203.
It is by the application of the principle of neutrality, born of his respect for the essential otherness of the patient, that the analyst focuses the dyadic analytic work in the service of the patient's growing self-analytic capacity. Thus, the general principle of neutrality is distinguished from the technical tactic of abstinence, the latter being a specific function utilized to facilitate and foster analytic regression. Neutrality can be defined as it applies to the major subfunctions of the analyst's work ego. Perception of the patient's intrapsychic processes (both empathically and cognitively) requires a neutrality of appearance on the analyst's part in order to minimize the distortion of the unfolding transference neurosis. Integration and understanding of the patient's communications require mastery and neutralization of the analyst's own internal processes in order to minimize countertransferential distortions. Appropriate interpretive intervention requires neutrality of action, i.e., mastery of impulses related to power, neutralizing them into the service of the analytic work; tact is defined as a specific psychoanalytic function in this regard. Collaborative ignorance is examined as a specific instance of false neutrality. In this an analytic guise serves to mask a countertransferential conflict. Neutrality serves as an overriding technical principle, not an imperative for perfectionism . Factors intrinsic to the analytic process also influence the application of this principle.
正是基于对患者本质上的他者性的尊重而产生的中立原则的应用，分析师将二元分析工作聚焦于服务患者不断增长的自我分析能力。因此，中立的一般原则与节制的技术策略有所不同，后者是用于促进和培养分析性退行的一种特定功能。中立可以根据其适用于分析师工作自我的主要子功能来定义。对患者内心过程的感知（包括共情和认知方面）要求分析师在外表上保持中立，以便将正在展开的移情神经症的扭曲降至最低。对患者沟通的整合与理解要求分析师掌握并中和自身的内在过程，以尽量减少反移情的扭曲。适当的解释性干预要求行动上的中立，即掌握与权力相关的冲动，将其转化为服务于分析工作的力量；在这方面，机智被定义为一种特定的精神分析功能。协作性无知被视为虚假中立的一个具体例子。在这种情况下，一种分析性伪装旨在掩盖反移情冲突。中立是一项首要的技术原则，而非完美主义的命令。分析过程的内在因素也会影响这一原则的应用。
