Sigmund Freud is commonly referred to as "the father of psychoanalysis" and his work has been highly influential - popularizing such notions as the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, defense mechanisms, Freudian slips and dream symbolism - while also making a long-lasting impact on fields as diverse as literature, film, Marxist and feminist theories, and psychology.

In Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners, Sigmund Freud, coined

As the founder of the field of psychoanalysis, Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud possessed remarkable insight into the human psyche. This collection brings together two interesting essays in which Freud applies his unparalleled understanding of the workings of the human mind to a discussion of a pair of perennial problems.

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

Between overseeing his private practice and developing an entirely new field of research and inquiry that would profoundly influence Western culture, Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud somehow came across and helped to publish the diary of an anonymous young girl of the European upper classes. The detailed journal follows the young authoress from the age of 11 to the age of 14 1/2, through high school, schoolyard crushes, and the tumult of adolescence.