Money-Kyrle (1956) referred to empa-thy as “normal” countertransference and Little (1960) declared that“without unconscious countertransference there would be neitherempathy nor analysis itself” (p. 30). It is only through empathy thatthe analyst could establish transient trial identifications with thepatient and emotionally grasp his stance. Empathy, the prerequisitefor understanding the patient’s experience and formulating interpre-tations about it, was later elevated by Kohut (1977, 1982) to be anintervention per se with narcissistic patients.
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