Today is the anniversary of the passing of Anna Freud, one of the most well-known psychoanalysts. She was born on December 3, 1895 in Vienna and passed away on October 9, 1982 in London. Anna Freud made significant contributions to our understanding of how the ego or consciousness functions in avoiding unpleasant thoughts, impulses, and feelings.
Sigmund Freud’s youngest daughter, Anna, dedicated her life to furthering the theories and methods of psychoanalysis. Anna was devoted to her father’s ideals.
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, she released a 1927 paper explaining her approach to child psychoanalysis for psychoanalysis between the years 1925 and 1928.
The psychology of the ego received a strong and fresh push with the 1936 publication of Anna Freud’s “The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense.”
Other mechanisms I’ve talked about include projection of feelings onto others, turning aggressive impulses inside (suicide is the ultimate example), identification with a compelling attacker, and self-harm. The work, which distinguished thoughts from feelings, also contributed to the advancement of teenage psychology.
Anna Freud and her father, Sigmund Freud, who had taken care of her throughout her father’s prolonged sickness, fled Nazi-dominated Austria in 1938 and made their way to London, where they remained. From there, she worked in a Hampstead nursery until 1945.
An analyst by the name of Anna Freud. What concepts are most crucial for the daughter of a psychoanalytic pioneer?
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