My First Experience In Analysis With A Classically Trained Analyst Left An Unexpected But Profound Imprint On Me. After Enduring That Kind Of One-person Analysis For Eleven Years, I Was Not Left With A Favorable Impression Of The Method. Originally Trained As A Classical Psychoanalyst, I Have Since Chosen To Work Intersubjectively And Interactively, And I Am Shifting More Deliberately And With More Conviction Toward An Assimilative Integrative Psychotherapy Approach. In This Paper I Tell The Story Of My Personal Analysis And Outline The Conclusions I Have Drawn From It That Created A Seismic Shift In My Way Of Thinking And Working As A Psychoanalyst.