In discussing Harms’ treatment of a young adult who experiences an emotional crisis, Ferguson draws on the concept of the developmental second chance. Ferguson highlights an aspect of the analyst’s selfobject function as one who can live through the emotional crisis with the patient, providing a vital reparative experience of interactive regulation and longed-for emotional witnessing. This discussion explores the benefits and risks of spontaneous interventions, the “something more,” acting “outside the box,” and the elasticity of technique, described by various theorists, that are responsive to the needs of the young adult patient.