▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁he ▁introduced ▁the ▁term ▁neutral ity , ▁warning ▁especially ▁against ▁too ▁great ▁e ag ern ess ▁to ▁c ure ; ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁he ▁wrote ▁against ▁offering ▁guidance ▁or ▁ ▁coun s elling ▁– ▁synth esis ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁analysis ▁– ▁as ▁to ▁what ▁form ▁the ▁patient ' s ▁c ure ▁should ▁take . ▁▁ ▁Fre ud ' s ▁gu idel ines , ▁especially ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁the ▁bra cket ing ▁of ▁eth ical ▁jud g ements , ▁and ▁personal ▁dis clos ures , ▁rapidly ▁became ▁accepted ▁in ▁the ▁ps y cho anal yt ic ▁main stream , ▁as ▁did ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁respect ▁the ▁patient ' s ▁speech ▁and ▁not ▁imp ose ▁pre con ception s ▁on ▁it . ▁ ▁Trans ference ▁ ▁The ▁principle ▁of ▁neutral ity ▁took ▁on ▁especial ▁force ▁as ▁regards ▁manifest ations ▁of ▁trans ference , ▁particularly ▁given ▁the ▁strength ▁of ▁the ▁emot ions ▁ar oused ▁thereby . ▁Ne ut ral ity ▁meant ▁resist ing ▁the ▁natural ▁imp ulse ▁to ▁reci proc ate ▁affect s , ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁remain ▁in ▁a ▁position ▁to ▁analy se ▁the ▁trans ference , ▁not ▁respond ▁to ▁it . ▁ ▁De vi ations ▁and ▁critic isms ▁Fre ud ' s ▁analyt ic ▁practice ▁was ▁notice ably ▁less ▁aust ere ▁than ▁the ▁principles ▁of ▁neutral ity ▁he ▁laid ▁down : ▁he ▁would ▁argue ▁with , ▁pra ise , ▁and ▁l end ▁money ▁to ▁patients , ▁and ▁even ▁records ▁feed ing ▁the ▁Rat ▁Man ▁on