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This paper traces the developments in psychoanalytic technique up until 1964, beginning with the cathartic method of Breuer and Freud through classical analysis; Ferenczi's active technique; Wilhelm Reich's character analysis; Alexander and French's flexible approach; and ending with the adaptation of analysis to the treatment of psychoses and the birth of modern psychoanalysis.