Analytic work involves a variety of influences the analyst brings to bear on the patient. Our emphasis on the centrality of interpretation tends to neglect consideration of the many ways in which the analyst influences the patient other than by the content of interpretation. The author considers the kinds of influence necessary to establish and maintain an analytic process and a therapeutic alliance. The nature and the role of the analyst's authority are discussed, along with the issue of how the analyst influences the patient to question the analyst's authority.
分析工作涉及分析师对患者施加的多种影响。我们对阐释核心地位的强调往往忽视了对分析师除通过阐释内容之外影响患者的多种方式的考量。作者思考了建立和维持分析过程及治疗联盟所需的各类影响。讨论了分析师权威的性质和作用，以及分析师如何影响患者去质疑其权威这一问题。
