Every psychoanalysis can be looked at as an opportunity for a transformative encounter between the transferences of the analysand and those of the analyst; we give a special name to the latter, countertransferences, to illuminate a vital component of our particular contribution to the joint venture. When the transference-countertransference interface occurs at a signal level or is monitored by the observing ego of the analyst, enactments can serve as a rich source of privileged information about both participants. However, to the degree that the countertransference remains outside of our awareness or when the