Basic Freud

by Michael D. Kahn

In Basic Freud, noted psychologist Michael Kahn shows that, even in the age of psychopharmaceuticals and cognitive therapy, Freud's insights into the unconscious remain unsurpassed tools for understanding our behaviors, motivations, and emotions. In a style accessible to any lay reader or beginning student in psychology, Kahn presents key ideas such as the Oedipus complex, the repetition compulsion, guilt, anxiety, and defense mechanisms, along with recent research that has supported or expanded Freud's findings. He also presents case studies from his own work as a psychotherapist to show how Freudian thought has been instrumental in helping patients discover who they are and escape from destructive patterns. Readers aware of Freud's ideas and those discovering them for the first time will benefit from Kahn's fresh, informed, and unpretentious approach.

Genres: Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Nonfiction, Counselling, Self Help, Grad School

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1953

About the author

Michael D. Kahn, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), was Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology

Reviews

[Haridian García De Ara]

Magnífico resumen de toda la teoría freudiana y, por ende, de las bases de la escuela psicoanalítica. Sencillo, directo y con la extensión adecuada, supone un ejemplo de cómo debería presentarse toda obra que aspire a condensar las tesis de unx autorx de este calibre.