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Psychology's most famous figure is also one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. Sigmund Freud's theories and work helped shape our views of childhood, personality, memory, sexuality, and therapy.
Today, psychoanalysis has been marginalized and is struggling to survive in a hostile academic and clinical environment. This review will briefly examine the various attempts to revive psychoanalysis.
There is no question that psychoanalysis—both as a therapeutic approach and theoretical outlook—has left its mark on psychology.
Psychoanalysis is a form of psychotherapy based on understanding the unconscious mental processes that determine a person’s thoughts, actions, and feelings.
Freud believed that behaviour is driven by fears and desires locked in the 'unconscious'- a part of ourselves he attempted to reach through psychoanalysis. Here, Darian Leader explains Freud's theory and the ideas that have followed.
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Freud believed that events in our childhood have a great influence on our adult lives, shaping our personality. For example, anxiety originating from traumatic experiences in a person's past is hidden from consciousness, and may cause problems during adulthood (in the form of neuroses).
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