[In search of the hidden beauty of the psychoanalyst. First contributions from descriptive psychology]

German training analysts, members of the DGPPT-institutes, were questioned about the personality qualities of psychoanalysts. The item-list of the questionnaire contained 66 adjectives which were judged on their degree of adequacy as to a description of qualities of the psychoanalyst. The following characteristics of the analyst were judge: 1. What is required of the analyst, 2. how does one like to see the analyst, 3. how is the analyst perceived. The answers received were analyzed with the help of a Fuzzy Analysis in order to attain the sharpest, that means best solution, respectively the least sharp, that means worst solution, through which a nested categorial framework could be found. The results show that 5 adjectives satisfy an empirical denoting of the categories. The qualities are: "Unnahbarkeit" (unaccessibility), "Unzufriedenheit" (dissatisfaction), "Schwermut" (melancholy), "Trockenheit" (dryness), and "Schönheit" (beauty). The numerical results are transformed into iconic images with the help of a "detectivistic principle", and the meaning of these images is discussed.