This paper offers a collection of practical examples in technique drawn from clinical work with patients suffering ego defects. The problems range from general considerations as to spatial arrangements of office furniture to particular words and phrases used by the analyst. The author promises that 'the transference, which is experienced as a living situation, will be dealt with in a future article'. Elucidation of the vicissitudes of the narcissistic transference in a future article should complement this rich, albeit anecdotal, clinical study from work with patients who are narcissistically vulnerable, basically under the influence of primary process, and fixated at a stage in separation-individuation.