A psychoanalytic case is presented in which a severe paranoid transference erupted in midphase. A consultation involving both the patient and the analyst individually meeting with the consultant allowed the analysis to proceed to termination. After the consultation, highly significant new material regarding early traumatic experiences emerged. This material had been inaccessible prior to the disruption of the analytic frame and the subsequent consultation. The place of such a consultation in the course of analysis is discussed. It is suggested that there are some situations in which more is gained than lost by inviting the intrusion of a consultant into the patient—analyst dyad. In such situations, consultation can be regarded as an inevitable, necessary, and also very useful part of the analysis.