DR. EHRENBERG HAS PRESENTED US with a stimulating collection of examples in which intervention by the analyst turned an impasse or a threatened impasse into a therapeutic opportunity. I am envious of her interpersonal skill, and I use that word in part because she has given me permission to express my feelings. Her clinical examples make it clear that it is all right to be yourself, and show yourself to others. But we are faced with the question of when and where. Under what conditions is it all right? Under what conditions is it a mistake? To what extent does a focus on the here-and-now