Introduction to Psychoanalysis, Lectures for Child Analysts & Teachers

by Anna Freud

Bound in blue cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. The dust jacket is price clipped and has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities.

Genres: Psychology

200 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1974

About the author

Noted Austrian-British psychoanalyst Anna Freud applied to child therapy.

Anna Freud, the sixth and last of Sigmund Freud and Martha Freud, followed the path of her father and contributed to the new field. Compared to her father, Freud's work emphasized the importance of the ego, and its ability to be trained socially.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Freud

Reviews

[Martha Zavala]

Cada re lectura deja un sabor diferente , lo valoro más en cuanto a la crítica a la educación tradicional

[Erika]

The title of this book is exactly what you get: a general introduction to psychoanalytic concepts regarding the stages of psychosexual development in children, which can be of use to teachers to better understand children's behaviors or personalities.

If you're looking for techniques on how to deal with students or help them solve their issues, this is not the right book for you. As I read I kept trying to guess what teachers I know would think of the text; sadly, it didn't feel like this would be well received by them and would probably be considered nonsensical or perverted. The first and last chapters are, in my opinion, the most focused on the struggles faced by teachers inside classrooms, and probably the ones with better chances of being well received by education professionals.

There are interesting questions about what could happen if parents and educators weren't as strict with younglings while growing up and there's also mention of failed attempts at creating schools run on psychoanalytic principles, such as the one by Vera Schmidt. I would say this book could be of help to psychologists working in schools and I can also totally see this book being useful to those who just started their studies on Psychology since it covers in a simple, reader friendly way what the unconscious mind is, the psychosexual stages, the psychic apparatus, the concept of repression, transference and sublimation and the Oedipus complex.

[Arash Farzaneh]

A simple and straightforward overview of psychoanalysis with a focus on child psychology. Anna Freud's style is clear, compassionate and engaging.

I was quite interested in learning about the differences between the psychoanalytic treatment of adults versus children. I found the book doubly useful being a parent as well as a teacher myself.

[Mathias Villafañe]

Esta bien pero podria ser tranquilamente llamado "introducion al psicoanalisis para todos"

[LiLitH]

Anna Freud, con su capacidad para abstraer y su dificultad de leer... Buen libro para manejar una perspectiva psicoanalítica desde el entorno escolar.