The schizophrenic patient needs not only intense emotional responsiveness from the therapist but an equally liberal measure of neutral and related responses of inscrutability, imperturbability, impassivity, and even, on occasion, indifference. Only by such responses can the therapist help the patient to 'erode' through areas of pseudo-emotion that are superficial, imitative phenomena rather than deep inner experience. Extensive and convincing clinical material is included.