Lucie sought help for crippling anxiety and numerous hindrances in her daily life. She began weekly face-to-face psychotherapy which led to a reduction in her symptoms. However, the therapeutic work, the formal setting of which was strongly cathected by the patient, saw moments when both patient and therapist struggled with forms of repetition, blockages of thought processes and negative unconscious movements that temporarily paralysed the process. It was during an incident related to the setting, and with the support of the therapist's counter-transference feelings, that the therapy took a new turn. A new transference dynamic unfolded, favouring the revival of thought processes. Dreams, memories and affects took on a new colouring, supporting the elaboration of Lucie's suffering.