ABSTRACT
The letters compose an interesting historical and theoretical exchange (1979–1983). Merton Gill, a very informed Freud scholar, was moving away from his doctrinaire position, shifting his percepts of transference from a containment to a more fluid and vital interaction but still valiantly making an effort to integrate the classic and interpersonal position. A commentary on this historical exchange of letters between Gill and Philip M. Bromberg, they suggested two parameters: editors own experiences with Gill, during those early years of rapprochement, and comments on the exchange per se. As Gill explored the potential of a more interpersonal approach, he became labeled at the American, often derisively, as the "Interpersonalist". Bromberg, on the other hand, was exploring something rather different; that is, the loosening up of the inherent intellectualization in Sullivan, trying to get to patients' feelings, to get the patient to "let go".
