Psychoanalysis

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Psychoanalysis is the theory and practice initiated by Sigmund Freud - founded on his discovery of the unconscious.


Freud distinguishes between psychoanalysis as

  1. a method for investigating unconscious mental processes,
  2. a method for treating neurotic disorders, and
  3. a set of theories about the mental processes revealed by the psychoanalytic method of investigation and treatment.[1]


Notes

  1. Freud. 1923a. Standard Edition. XVIII. p.235