For its historical interest, Searles publishes here the first article he ever wrote about psychiatry, which was submitted to and turned down by two journals in 1949. In it, he speaks of transference as based on projections by the patient, but projections which have a kernel of truth, in that they take account of actual qualities in the therapist. His aim was to discourage the tendency in beginning therapists to aspire toward an image of themselves as emotionally uninvolved in their treatments. Countertransferences need to be acknowledged by the therapist, especially when they correspond to patients' transference projections. This is an inevitable and important aspect of any psychoanalytic treatment.