Abstract: Symmetrically thinking, I immediately had in mind thecountertransference and its destiny in Freud’s works, realizing that, in thisregard, the psychoanalysis founder’s thinking couldn’t go beyond a certain point. He couldn’t realize the spectacular revalorization sensed in the caseof transference. The term of countertransference was used for the first timeby Freud in a letter addressed to Jung, in 1909. In a letter from 1913, sent toLudwig Binswanger, Freud underlines that the problem ofcountertransference is one of the most difficult that the psychoanalysistechnique had to face. Freud’s suggestion, which can be found in othershapes throughout his works is quite clear: countertransference must beadmitted and overcome by the analyst, as a successful way of self-control.