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The Great Unknown

By Darian Leader — 2009

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.

Read on www.theguardian.com

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The Life, Work, and Theories of Sigmund Freud

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.

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Kendra Cherry
2019
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Sigmund Freud's Life and Contributions to Psychology

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who is perhaps most known as the founder of psychoanalysis. Freud's developed a set of therapeutic techniques centered on talk therapy that involved the use of strategies such as transference, free association, and dream interpretation.

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Kendra Cherry
2020
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Dr. Franz Alexander, 73, Dies; Was Pioneer in Psychosomatics; Analyst Led Chicago Institute for 25 Years—Authority on and Student of Freud

Franz Gabriel Alexander has been described on more than one occasion as the father of psychosomatic medicine. For almost 25 years, he was director of the Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis, where he trained many of the leading students of emotional disturbances and psychosomatic diseases.

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The New York Times Archives
1964
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Einstein’s Letter to Freud About the Psychology of War and Governance

Einstein admired Freud’s work and believed that some of his psychological ideas could help him unravel the eternal problem of man’s affinity for violence.

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Mike Colagrossi
2019
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Bad Freudian Fathers

To a believer in the impossible profession, the family memoirs of famous psychoanalysts constitute a troubling but delicious genre. There is a certain satisfaction in reading about the unhappy marriages and not good enough parenting skills of bad Freudian fathers.

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Rachel Shteir
2015
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