“…The use of this type of intervention is only meaningful in a method that places a central emphasis on the role of empathy. The empathic method can serve the analytic process during the relationshipbuilding, uncovering, and working through phases of treatment (Ferenczi, 1928(Ferenczi, , 1932(Ferenczi, , 1933Kohut, 1971Kohut, , 1977Kohut, , 1978Kohut, , 1984Rogers, 1951Rogers, , 1959Rogers, , 1961). An analysis that emphasizes the empathic method should precede the analyst's self-disclosure.…”