Vic, I agree with you that "the testing CM talks about begins long before the patient's first day of therapy, and, further, that the person often becomes a patient precisely because his own growth initiatives in one or more areas of his life have led him to confront much more formidable issues elsewhere...... and a person has an unconscious life plan in mind, if not as a series of specific goals, at least as a generalized sense of where he wants his life to go, a sense that gets refined as life goes on. "
You have a lovely way of using Weiss' theory in a different but related way. I learn from reading your posts and look forward to more ideas.