In an atmosphere of othering, concepts of meaning and understanding become unimaginable. I argue that radical hope and commitment to responsibility support our experiences of intimate emotional connection in the face of otherness. The current socio-political atmosphere, conflict, hate, and persecution so pervasive in the United States during Donald Trump’s second term and in wars and conflicts around the world are present in the consultation room and may foreclose possibilities in thinking and imagining. Lear’s Radical Hope is a creative act of imagining unknown possibilities that we cannot yet grasp when concepts for thinking collapse. The emergence of radical hope is supported by Sartre’s concepts of commitment and responsibility. Field theory will help us elaborate this thesis to demonstrate the taking up of responsibility and the radical hope that follows.