Category: Sigmund Freud
Beyond the Monad: The Evolution of Group Analysis
For a long time, psychoanalysis focused only on the individual psyche. The evolution of group analysis represented a monumental shift in this field. S.H. Foulkes acted as the principal architect of this new framework. However, his ideas did not develop in a vacuum. He forged the pillars of group analysis through profound historical and theoretical…
The Discovery of the Unconscious: How We Learned to Listen to the Mind
Discovery of the unconscious was not a straight line; it was a journey paved with frustration, contradiction, and radical shifts in perspective. Most people know Sigmund Freud as the father of psychoanalysis, but he began his career as a neuroscientist. He eventually broke away from the idea that humans are purely rational, self-knowing beings. To…
