For many people, psychoanalysis conveys the image of a patient lying on a couch, speaking endlessly (that is, session after session, and for many years) about dreams and sexual fantasies to a bearded and elderly psychoanalyst who remains relatively silent, except for an occasional oracular comment known as an interpretation. For those who have been superficially exposed to Freud in undergraduat...

The whole body of Freudian contributions of the past 60 years seems to be dismissed. 2 Since Anna Freuds comments on nonClassical theory and technique.Sigmund Freuds developmental stage theory. Another of Anna Freuds major contributions to developmental theory is the idea of.Anna Freud is most noted as one of the founders of child psychoanalysis and as. Anna Freud developed a more comprehensive...

No one can deny the influence that Freudian analysis has had on twentieth-century psychiatry. Its widespread acceptance suggests that it is an entirely valid and acceptable form of treatment in mental disorders. Nevertheless, there are many sceptics, and a book attacking the ".. . gigantic cultural swindle of American people. . ." is of importance to the historian who wishes to evaluate the maj...