Psychologist Todd Dufresne, for example, didn’t hedge his bets about Freud when he concluded that “no other notable figure in history was so fantastically wrong about nearly every important thing he had to say.” Freud has been appropriately criticized for failing to scientifically test his approach. Many contend that his methods were ineffective at best, and that he may have actually worsened some of his patients’ mental health. And while much of Freud’s work has been largely discredited, his enduring influence on our assumptions about introspection simply cannot be overstated.
