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This article explores treatment of multi-symptom patients from a psychoanalytic perspective which encompasses both object relations theories and self psychology. The issue of diagnosis of such patients is discussed and a treatment approach is presented which utilizes containment, confrontation, and interpretation. The case of a woman seen in psychotherapy for two years is used to illustrate the approach.