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The position of a marriage counsellor is challenging because it requires maintaining the group dynamic within that specific setting. It involves considering the bond between two people while remaining focused on their presence together. How can one resist the juxtaposition of individual representations and the desire of some couples to merge, so as to focus on the group process? The psychic space between the two partners concerns not only themselves but also the couple and the therapist. Through the analysis of a couple’s therapy, the article shows how powerful the resonance between these spaces is and how the unconscious risks incurred by each person in distinguishing themselves are intertwined. From this confrontation with the infantile emerged a revival of the sibling bond. The therapist’s acceptance of bodily sensations below the level of language provided a gateway to these instinctual emotions.