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This article emphasizes, first, the distinction between clinical process theory which refers to the method of investigation, and clinical content theory which refers to the findings of an investigation. It is suggested that psychoanalysts attend to the process, attempt to specify it, and microanalyze it in its naturalistic context. Second, it is suggested that we attend to the problem of clinical evidence, perhaps the most neglected topic in psychoanalytic therapy. Third, the article discusses the significance of broad-based mental models of human experience in understanding the therapeutic process. Fourth, it is suggested that we do best to view psychoanalytic therapy as an early craft, hardly anything that can yet be called science.