The author discusses the value and appropriate use of countertransference in psychotherapy supervision. He defines countertransference as "whatever the therapist feels in relation to his patients." The use of countertransference, according to Hunt, can play a role in supervision that may be central and pivotal in the treatment process. By leaving aside the origins and nature of the therapist's own neurotic contribution to the countertransference, the supervisor can productively explore the pathology within the patient which evokes such responses in the student/therapist.