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By identifying the three fundamentals of brief psychoanalytic psychotherapy - (1) time limit, (2) therapeutic focus, (3) therapist's activity - this type of therapy is established as a distinct therapeutic modality with distinct ‘active containing’. The way this ‘custom-tailored structure’ may be adapted to the patient and used to reflect and intensify dynamic aspects of the treatment's focus is demonstrated through clinical material.