Sigmund Freud's Theory Of Psychoanalysis

Freud's methods of psychoanalysis were based on his theory that people have repressed, hidden feelings. The psychoanalyst's goal is to make the patient aware of these subconscious feelings. Childhood conflicts that are hidden away by the patient become revealed to both the analyst and the patient, allowing the patient to live a less anxious, healthier life. Methods of hypnosis were originally used by Freud to find the cause for anxiety, but he dismissed them as …

…whose ideas set in motion a burst of experimentation, theorizing, investigation, and discovery. Freud is justifiably described as the father of modern psychology, as he was responsible for the birth of an entirely new way of thinking about the mind. References: Clark, David Stratford. What Freud Really Said. New York: Schocken Books, Inc., 1965. Myers, David G. Exploring Psychology. New York: Worth Publishers, 1996. Olsen, Ole Andjaer. Freud's Theory of Psychoanalysis. New York: New York University Press, 1988.