Born in 1941 in Naples, since 1950 in Switzerland. After graduation from medical school at the University of Zurich from 1968 to 1974 he worked as a general practitioner in Zurich-Aussersihl, at this time training at the Psychoanalytic Seminar Zurich (PSZ). Personal analyzes at Paul Parin (Zurich) and John Cremerius (Freiburg, Germany). Since 1974, he has worked as a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist in private practice. Mr Modena is the Platform Group co-founder of the new - independent of the Swiss Society for Psychoanalysis - Psychoanalytic seminar, and has worked as a lecturer and supervisor since 1977. 1979 Foundation of the Zurich Foundation for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Also a lecturer in clinical psychoanalysis at the University of Klagenfurt. Numerous publications and lectures on the topics of psychoanalysis and society / politics, Narzissmus- and aggression theory, psychoanalytic training. Publisher (together with Peter Passett) of "War and Peace from a psychoanalytic point of view," 1983, and "The fascism Syndrome - The Psychoanalysis of the New Right in Europe" 1998th.