This Cosmo Education episode explores Katia Giacometti’s contribution on the therapeutic relationship and the intersubjective space in family clinical work. The focus is on the implicit processes that emerge in the present moment of the therapeutic encounter, the mechanisms through which mutual recognition is supported or hindered, and the therapist’s role within family systems characterized by borderline or psychotic functioning. Through the clinical case of Donatella, the episode illustrates how the therapist’s mind can operate as a space of regulation, differentiation, and integration, allowing new organizing principles to emerge within the family field.