The adaptation of forms of psychotherapy from the West in China such as psychoanalytic psychotherapy should include the rich cross-fertilization with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This article suggests the category of Reinforcing and Reducing as a point of convergence where Reinforcing/Reducing is seen as like Supportive/Expressive approaches in psychotherapy. A tentative integrative Paradigm called “Talking Acupuncture” will be discussed.