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Kottler’s paper is beyond Togashi and Kotter’s original understanding of Kohut’s twinship/alter-ego, with exceptional sensitivity for clinical work. Her article successfully illustrates the essential process of the Psychology of Being Human. In this discussion, I add a few words to her description of the therapeutic process with her patient “Ben,” and describe an oscillation between “I-Thou” and “I–It” occurring within the context of an alter-ego relatedness.