Changes in countertransference, as observed in a 1989 paper by Abend, are reconsidered as early signifiers of the relational revolution that overtook psychoanalysis in the 1990s. Alterations in the way we think about the provenance of countertransference, analytic objectivity, and analytic authority are explored. The losses inherent in these changes, many of which Abend warned of, are examined, with special attention to the loss of interiority entailed by the relational movement. Finally, the continued use of the term countertransference is discussed.