Psychoanalyse

Since its foundation, psychoanalysis has been regarded as a revolutionary theory that has enabled a new understanding of the life of the soul and at the same time - think of terms such as the Oedipus complex, repression or the unconscious - has become a natural part of our everyday language. Daniel Pick, historian and psychoanalyst, offers a brilliant, entertaining and yet broad introduction to the most important concepts of psychoanalysis. In doing so, he provides insight into the theoretical-clinical orientations, the psychoanalytic setting, the potential benefits and the surprises that analysts and patients may encounter in the course of therapy. This book openly confronts the criticisms to which psychoanalysis has been subjected from its inception, alternately accusing its methods of being unscientific, ineffective or even dangerous. Pick upholds the many cultural and clinical achievements of psychoanalysis and argues for its continued practice as an "experimental craft" and a creative endeavour.