Thanks bill. I like your use of the term corrective emotional experience. I happened upon a blog this weekend where the t used it in such a negative way, it made me so angry, i finally understood why people hated the concept. He wanted to CORRECT people, get them to surrender to him, to kowtow to his superiority. I saw red! Whereas in this case, i see it more as a do-over, this time with a happy willing parent. The child, the client, is pretty much the same. This time, instead of shattering an expectation, a feeling of love and security - a future expectation of love - is installed (or at least the beginning of one). Kind of like affirmations - you get what you expect.