What is fundamental in any analysis is to have an alignment between what you feel is happening with some existing theory in that regard. It is for these reasons that I think it is very important to have some sort of contact with the patient, which permits us to be aware of what is going on. once you know this, then it is easier to know what the patient expresses and what is his theory. one ought also to take into consider- ation the combination of these two things, that is, the two theories.