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After expressing my appreciation to Drs. Gerson and Fulmer for their thoughtful and interesting discussions of my paper, I highlight our many areas of agreement, make one additional point, and note a few areas of difference. Both discussants agree that the problem of individual therapists developing negative constructions of an unseen spouse or partner is common and important to explore and address, given the potential disservice such unanalyzed constructions can do to patients and their relationships. In response to Gerson's assertion that exploration of the patient's “self-with-intimate-other” is inevitably constrained in individual treatment modalities, I agree but suggest that acknowledging this and proceeding accordingly can ultimately lead to the patient feeling more deeply known and understood. After commenting briefly on a few areas of difference with each discussant, I thank Dr. Fulmer for drawing my attention to the parallels between the individual patient's unseen spouse and the child patient's unseen mother. I also thank him for his lighthearted but apt suggestion that (as I paraphrase him) therapists “analyze (ourselves) as usual.”