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For some time, psychoanalysts have been attempting to utilize complex systems theory as a tool to understand their interactions with their patients, as well as their own clinical processes. One of the difficulties in doing so stems from the fact that systems theory seems better at describing what has already happened than it is at predicting what is likely to happen in the future. This article details 3 small elaborations of complex systems theory that may help clinicians utilize it more proactively and prospectively than before.