There is a more political spirit abroad in depth psychology. In the paper, I set out to politicise the countertransference and clinical theorising about it. Clinical depth psychology is a base for an integration of subjectivity into political discourse. The various ways in which clinicians have managed to overcome anxieties about ‘using’ the countertransference may be helpful to those in politics trying to overcome anxieties about using the subjective factor in political debate and policy formation. I suggest that a political linkage between therapist/analyst and patient may be the element that makes the existence of countertransference as communication possible.