In this response to discussions by Amy Schwartz Cooney and Joseph Newirth, I recognize that both authors, coming from different theoretical perspectives, call attention to the ways that issues of trust in the analytic dyad shine a light on difficulties in a relational approach that is seen as emphasizing self-disclosure and expressivity. While Schwartz Cooney notes the importance of a relational “critique from within,” Newirth, a contemporary Kleinian, offers a structural perspective that emphasizes unconscious processes. I address some of the points raised by Schwartz Cooney, clarifying my thoughts on trust as both a prerequisite for and an achievement of psychoanalysis. I view Newirth’s formulation of modern Oedipal rivalry as helpful in understanding the enactment with Julia, but I differ from him regarding how I would make use of it clinically.