This paper suggests a hypothetically necessary psychoanalytic alternative to the popular, contemporary treatments of batterers. It is argued that, in order to treat batterers, who must be understood idiographically as opposed to the stereotyping and popular monothetic viewpoints, one must attend to a number of depth-psychological factors. The preoedipal and preverbal nature of the patient must be grasped and grappled with internally by the analyst. The patient's uses of identification with the aggressor and projective identification must be understood. Especially addressed are depictions in battering of both the concealed narcissistic defense and its externalization, and a self-psychological view of the disrupted narcissistic equilibrium. Descriptions are given of pathogenic and personality aspects of battering patients, as are samples of their similarities and differences. Several treatment scenarios are provided. Acting-out pitfalls induced in the analyst are addressed, as are the need for modern psychoanalytic interventions.