Unfortunately, this perspective is at risk of conflating authentic with intrusive; even lascivious. Curiosity can be authentic. What of playful, transitional space? What of an allowance of the patient’s flirtations towards us, without either overtly rejecting or reciprocating them? Are these reactions to erotic transference really inauthentic, or a show of good clinical discernment and self-restraint in service of the treatment, not to mention the patient’s feelings of safety?