The authors formulate a new theoretical concept of psychoanalysis, keeping in mind the development of the last 20 years in the field and concentrating on the interplay between emotion and cognition. Concrete issues like dreaming are studied with the help of computer simulation and artificial intelligence.

1 Introduction.- 2 Theorizing With and on Affect and Fantasy: Possibilities in Practice, Empirical Research and Computer Simulation.- 3 Computersimulation of a Model of Neurotic Defence Processes.- 3.1 Computersimulation of a Model of Neurotic Defence Processes.- 3.2 Discussion of ‘Computer Simulation of a Model of Neurotic Defence Processes’.- 3.3 Computer Simulation of a Model of Neurotic Defence Processes (Technical Part of the Project).- 3.4 The Application of the Simulation Model of Neurotic Defence Mechanisms to the Psychoanalytic Theory of Psychosomatic Illness.- 3.5 Social Drop-Outs and Hippies: Object Relationship and Aggressiveness.- 4 The Regulation of Cognitive-Affective Processes.- 4.1 The Regulation of Cognitive-Affective Processes: A New Psychoanalytic Model (With a Glossary).- 4.2 Outline of a Process Model of Psychoanalytic Therapy.- 5 Dream and Affects.- 5.1 Experiences With Computer Simulation of Dream Processes.- 5.2 Do we Dream Affects? Affective Relatedness in the Dream Process.