Some problems in faculty selection of patients for supervised psychoanalysis

The selection of patients for supervised analysis by candidates involves special tasks in evaluation and prediction. A number of problems emerge when the entire faculty of an institute participates in evaluating such patients. These include the different ways in which the initial consultant and the Admitting Psychoanalyst view their roles; insufficient consideration given to the specific criteria of suitability for analysis by a candidate; and the tendency to emphasize oedipal pathology while overlooking relevant ego capacities.