anna freud

Elizabeth Young-Bruehl is a professor at Haverford College and a member of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis; this psychological background is very much evident in her writing. Young-Bruehl's obvious knowledge of psychoanalysis, often times made reading Anna Freud: a Biography difficult. For example, the book covered many of Anna Freud's theories and this being a biography and not a psychology textbook it was difficult to comprehend without previous knowledge of her theories. An entire chapter …

…But, Anna Freud certainly did not fit my stereotypical psychologist. She seemed to have some pretty heavy issues herself. I wonder if she was truly satisfied with her career or if it was just the life she choose because it made her father proud and this acceptance from father was all she really wanted out of life. An interesting book, even though Anna's weakness of character and her dependency on her father was a disappointment.