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During the course of a lengthy treatment of an acting-out psychotic patient, the author became aware that a countertransference resistance was impeding the analysis. Interest and concern with the external reality of her life served to conceal her own negative impulses toward the patient. The resolution of this resistance and its subsequent positive effect on the analysis is described.