In this article, Yoram Hazan studies the paper ‘Confusion of Tongues’, written by Ferenczi in 1933, a pioneer work. Hazan follows a developmental line from this paper to Balint and his concept ‘Basic Fault’ and on to Kohut with his concept of the ‘self-object.’ He claims that ‘the self-object’ allows verbalization in the relationship, making it possible to talk about what happens in the transference. In order for such a relationship to develop, there is no need for anything active on the part of the therapist.’ At the end of the paper, he describes the similarities between Ferenczi, Balint and Kohut in terms of the reactions they have received for the novelty of their ideas. He concludes by quoting Freud: ‘The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest till it has gained a hearing’.