The question raised in this discussion is whether something other than the selfobject transference concept is needed to understand the clinical material and therapeutic process. Although much of the described psychopathology is consistent with traditional selfobject theory, the patient's damaged self did not allow for the establishment of the stable, analyzable transference Kohut described. Using the reported dream material, there is evidence for a structured self-configuration (e.g., the self as intermediary between parent and siblings; and the self as conceptualized in relational terms, including nonlinear dynamic systems theory). The point is made that selfobject theory is necessary but not sufficient.