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The ability to make at least fleeting identifications with others is vital to healthy interpersonal functioning. Group treatment is the ideal venue in which to develop this ability. The two chief components of transient identification are empathy and intuition. This paper presents techniques for helping group members cultivate their ability to form transient identifications. Chief among them are modeling, psychoeducation and the analysis of resistances.