“…Attention should then be paid to verbalizations and clarifications in order to make distinctions between states of mind, in order to reduce anxieties and organize conflicting emotions. Work, including interpretation, participation and empathy, should be constructed not as an intrusive superego from the past, but as an 'invitation' to understand the meanings of the individual's life (Chused, 1991;Gabbard, 1994;Levine, 1994;Almond, 1995;Reed, 1997;Jones, 1997;Bateman, 1998;Friedman & Natterson, 1999;Weiss, 2002;Goldberg, 2002;Wurmser, 2003;Gerson, 2004;Varga, 2005;Ginot, 2007;Ivey, 2008;Ginot, 2009;Strauss, 2012;Cassorla, 2001Cassorla, , 2008Cassorla, , 2012Cassorla, , 2013Cassorla, , 2017Skogstad, 2013;Sapisochin, 2013;Bohleber et al, 2013;Safran & Kraus, 2014;Kogan, 2014;Tuch, 2015;Wright, 2016;Busch, 2017). The quality of an analyst's interpretations reflects her alpha function.…”