In this discussion of Margaret Green's moving account of her work with a refugee, a survivor of relentless and ongoing trauma, I highlight three aspects relevant to this case: the context and, in particular, the culture of violence; the experience of silence and the need to be heard; and the “going beyond the normal boundaries” of the therapeutic relationship. I suggest that Margaret was sufficiently able to quiet the voices of her classical training to offer a humanizing twinship selfobject experience, and that this, together with her own speaking out, enabled her to continue with this therapy in the context of ongoing violence and trauma.