Dr. Shoshani (Rosenbaum) works to establish an environment in which Daniel can nurture his need and ability to sustain relatedness. Together they generate, on a pre-symbolic level, a patterned way of being with each other. This shared implicit relationship sustains Daniel's growth but, I believe, also works to mask both the presence of aggression and awareness of the absent father. Specifically, I am interested in exploring the analyst's use self in the implicit domain, as this moves to restrict, or expand, the range of affective experience lived in the analytic space.