Driven by poignant analytic transformative “enactments” the paper explores these complex interventions. They provide analysand, analyst and the analytic third enhanced freedom to find and express their unconscious voices. Enactments can heighten analytic effectiveness. They are an element of the “useful countertransference.” Relevant literature reveals the lack of an accepted conception of an enactment and confusion in using the term. What is an enactment? Clarification of the term is also addressed, as are these questions: Could enactments be fundamental in the evolution from orthodox to contemporary analytic technique? In parallel process, this analyst's theoretical and technical evolution is addressed. How do enactments impact the analyst? What is the role of childhood and adult trauma in the incidence of enactments? How do enactments impede the analytic process? What are the assumptions underlying enactments? What are the guidelines for using enactments? Have enactments widened the scope of analysis and contributed to its vitality?