Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud is the founding father of psychoanalysis. People could compare the basic principles of psychoanalysis with an icemountain 10% is under water, 90% of an ice is above the water surface.

Different aspects from the psychoanalysis:

- Ambivalent towards parents

- Trained in hypnosis

- Emphasizing the role of sexuality

- Emphasizing the role of unconscious

Freud used hypnosis to assist patients in remembering surpressed traumatic memories. He also supposed that unconscious feelings and thoughts were at play since patients consciously wanted to change. However, because Freud found that not all patients could be hypnotized, he developed an additional technique.

Gamwell, L & Wells, R. (1989): Sigmund Freud and Art. His Personal Collection of Antiquities. Binghamton: State University of New York

Jones, E. (1953) The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud. New York: basic books