Eight experienced psychodynamic psychotherapists, both in private practice and in public mental health services, were interviewed about their experiences of deadlock in the psychotherapy process. The interview transcripts were analyzed applying the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). This methodological approach enabled us to study both common facets of this clinical phenomenon and lived experiences of each participant. Generally, the therapists described the deadlock as a stagnation of the therapeutic process. The therapists' experiences of this phenomenon seemed to have an intangible, uncanny quality. They experienced that the deadlock influenced the therapy process in a negative way and evoked self-doubt and questioning of their own professional role. In the deadlock situation, the therapists experienced a loss of their agency and their reflective capacity in the encounter with the patient. Deadlocks could be resolved when the therapists could give meaning to their experiences and find their way back to a constructive role in the therapeutic relationship. To conclude, the therapists need to be aware of and to talk with others about their experiences of deadlock in psychotherapy. In order to do this, we need to counteract the culture of shame and self-blame, and to disseminate the knowledge of deadlocks as natural phenomena in the therapy process that the therapists can recognize, address, and work with.