The concept of psychoanalysis was first popularized by the famous psychologist, Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis is based on the belief that all humans have deep, unconscious beliefs, thoughts, memories, and desires. It is also Freud who coined and introduced the term psychoanalysis.
The most controversial work of Sigmund Freud is the theory of the psychosexual stages. This theory, like Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory, is a development theory.
The primary assumption of psychoanalysis is the belief that all people possess unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories.
It aims at structural changes and modifications of a person's personality. Psychoanalysis suggests that people can experience catharsis and gain insight into their current state of mind by bringing the content of the unconscious into conscious awareness.
Freud believed that people could be cured by making conscious their unconscious thoughts and motivations, thus gaining insight.
What is psychoanalysis?
