This paper is a review of the literature brought into focus by the work of John N. Rosen on direct analytic therapy of schizophrenia. It is noted that in none of the papers reviewed was the opinion held that the schizophrenic was inaccessible or did not develop a transference. Glover is quoted as stating that much of the alleged inaccessibility of the psychotic is really a proof of our own protective inaccessibility. Actually the schizophrenic develops an intense transference reaction which is extremely sensitive—probably because of his intuitive understanding of the unconscious of the therapist—and which is also extremely ambivalent, presumably because of its primitive nature. He probably seeks a maternal transference. The therapist's ability to tolerate the negative transference is important. Rosen, the author feels, seems to combine an unambivalent maternal attitude, a remarkable tolerance for the negative transference, and a good understanding of the unconscious which enable him to make effective interpretations quickly.