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Freud opened up a private practice in 1886 until 1896 that mostly treated women who showed symptoms of [[hysteria]] (which, at that time, was very loosely defined). Using such techniques as [[dream interpretation]], [[free association]], [[transference]] and analysis of the [[id, ego and superego]], his colleagues developed a system of psychotherapy termed ''[[psychoanalysis]]''. | Freud opened up a private practice in 1886 until 1896 that mostly treated women who showed symptoms of [[hysteria]] (which, at that time, was very loosely defined). Using such techniques as [[dream interpretation]], [[free association]], [[transference]] and analysis of the [[id, ego and superego]], his colleagues developed a system of psychotherapy termed ''[[psychoanalysis]]''. | ||
==Major students== | |||
Several of his close associates, including [[Alfred Adler]], [[Carl Jung]] and [[Otto Rank]] eventually broke away to develop their own styles of psychotherapy. Others, such as [[Karen Horney]], stayed with a Freudian approach but developed it further. | |||
==Modern derivatives== | |||
<!--Current psychodynamic approaches continue to develop and change. Contemporary Freudian approaches usually retain Freud's emphasis on sexuality, aggression, and mental conflict, and often prefer insight-oriented, uncovering psychotherapy to more supportive techniques. Contemporary Freudians, for the most part, continue to believe that psychotherapy is most effective when it leads to increased self-knowledge on the part of the patient. Other current psychodynamic approaches—such as object-relational and self-psychological approaches—prefer techniques designed to change the patient's habitual patterns of living by building an especially authentic or supportive relationship with the analyst that is believed to help the patient learn new ways of relating to others and to life in general. | |||
The psychoanalytic community has recently begun to put extensive effort into researching the efficacy and process of psychoanalytic treatment.--> | The psychoanalytic community has recently begun to put extensive effort into researching the efficacy and process of psychoanalytic treatment.--> | ||
Revision as of 02:04, 17 August 2010
Psychoanalysis is a means of understanding human thought and emotions, as well as potentially treating malfunctions, originating with the work of Sigmund Freud. A neurologist by training, he saw symptomatology that could not be explained by the neurobiology of the time. Part of the reason psychoanalysis is sometimes considered prescientific, or even pseudoscience, is the much greater modern understanding of neurosciences. Nevertheless, he did examine how what he termed conscious and unconscious thinking could affect a patient's world view.
A broader view today bases psychodynamic psychotherapy on principles derived from psychoanalysis.