Isn t psychoanalysis totally out of fashion?
Indeed, the psychoanalysis practiced by Sigmund Freud in his native Vienna has changed over the last 100 years. Many of the things Freud believed in have fallen out of favor. But psychoanalysts have kept on studying the way the mind works, in an attempt to understand and alleviate human suffering. We have revised many of Freud s theories, but we still believe, as he did, that there are mental processes of which we are unconscious. Becoming aware of them can help us make happier, more creative, and more productive.
