Honesty in therapy is therefore of paramount importance for the patient’s sake. He must not conceal painful areas or play games with the therapist to whom he has entrusted his care. He should abandon his need to control, or wish to be liked by, the therapist. In the borderline’s quest to satisfy a presumed role, he may lose sight of the fact that it is not his obligation to please the therapist but to work with him as a partner.
