ABSTRACT
Psychoanalysis as a field has, reached a point where it can no longer be defined by a particular theory, particular external frame criteria such as session frequency or the couch, or even a particular conception of the process. Many comprehensive theories, like Sigmund Freud's various theories, provide a systematic matrix of concepts that address the nature of mind, development, psychopathology, the psychoanalytic situation, the psychoanalytic process, therapeutic action, and psychoanalytic transformation. The proponents of a complexity sensibility in psychoanalysis tend to remain vague, however, regarding the relationship between non-linear dynamic systems theory and the universe of psychoanalytic theories and frames of reference, which, of course, the therapists in all of their clinical examples are employing. A related area that remains vague in the complexity theory literature is the relationship between what is going on within the analyst's mind his/her analyzing subjectivity and the patterns or movement of interaction between patient and analyst that are presumably governed by the principles of complexity theory.
