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The author provides a theoretical and practical overview of modern psychoanalysis as a school of thought, and its place among current psychoanalytic theories. Basic theoretical tenets and innovations in technique are reviewed and discussed using case examples. The important contributions made by modern psychoanalysts to the understanding and treatment of the preoedipal disorders and regressed states is emphasized and the conclusion provides a critique and suggestions for future research and theory building.