In his presentation at the Round Table in 1956, Louis DeRosis addresses the importance of creating mutual trust in the therapeutic process in order to help the patient to develop a full range of feelings and nurture greater inner relatedness. These changes increasingly enable the patient to let go of their self-idealizations that have outlived their self-protective usefulness and gradually reduce their inner alienation. Dr. DeRosis describes the therapeutic connection not as a mere technique but as an expression of the life process, which allows the patient to connect more and more within himself and to broaden their hold on life in general.