Female Homosexuality

To a physician who was to undertake psychoanal-ytic treatment of the girl there
were many groun-ds for a feeling of discomfort. The situation he had to deal with
was not the one that analysis deman-ds, in which alone it can demonstrate its
effective-ness. As is well known, the ideal situation for analysis is when someone
who is otherwise master of himself is suffering from an inner confli-ct which he is
unable to resolve alone, so that he brings his trouble to the analyst and begs for his
help. The physician then works hand in hand with one part of the personality which
is divided against itself, against the other partner in the conflict. Any situation but
this is more or less unfavourable for psychoanalysis and adds fresh difficulties to
those already present.