General Introduction To Psychoanalysis eBook

Though it has now fallen out of favor among many practitioners and scholars, Freud''s concept of psychoanalysis -- an approach that focuses primarily on adverse events in early childhood and irrational drives that are overcome via extended talk therapy -- was and continues to be enormously influential, not only in the realm of psychology, but also in the larger culture. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of psychoanalysis from the point of view of the field''s creator.