Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis — the theory and practice based on the unconscious mind, repression, infantile sexuality, and the talking cure.
The unconscious is not merely pre-conscious but dynamically repressed — certain contents are actively excluded from consciousness. The Oedipus complex structures psychosexual development. Dream interpretation is the royal road to the unconscious. Libidinal energy is the fundamental motivating force behind all psychic activity.
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