Theorizing in psychoanalysis has two main components: (1) the construction of concepts that identify and describe key structural and dynamic properties of mental activities, especially unconscious ones, and (2) the use of the concepts to construct theories to explain how these mental processes work. This article sets out a method for exploring alternative psychoanalytic theories. At present psychoanalysis has more theories than it knows how to test against clinical observations and outcomes. The leading psychoanalytic journals in all languages have long since provided opportunities for the exploration of such theories and their explanatory potentials, as have panels at local, national, regional, and international meetings. The methodology set out in this article offers a new methodology for comparing and integrating psychoanalytic concepts and theories.