psychoanalysis
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The setting is Vienna in 1924 and Günter’s analyst is also his professor and the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
The 115-minute film by British directors David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas features extensive interviews with the footballer-turned-actor in what sometimes resembles an extended session of psychoanalysis.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
This idea echoes a long-standing hypothesis in sleep research -- and even in classical psychoanalysis -- that dreams may act as "guardians of sleep."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
To hear them engaging in psychoanalysis you could be forgiven for thinking that they've spent as much prep-time for Rome in therapy as they have on the training ground.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
“About what? About Freud? The one time I mentioned a Freudian theory in class, all I got out of Appleman was that dogmatic psychoanalysis was related to psychology as magic was related to science. ‘
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
There seem to be two psychoanalyses of male “feminists” accused of misconduct.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2025
The true-blue Freudians have only scorn for what Dr. Brill calls "societies and individuals who offer the public better, cheaper and quicker psychoanalyses."
From Time Magazine Archive
Marmor points out that even Freud complained that some psychoanalyses seemed interminable and made the patient emotionally dependent on the analyst.
From Time Magazine Archive
From his long experience in New York City, Dr. Wertham was convinced that eight out of ten psychoanalyses should not have been started, and that six out of ten were more harmful than helpful.
From Time Magazine Archive
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