Psychoanalysis. Knowledge That Won't Take Much Space

Our actions, decisions, and desires have their reasons and consequences — sometimes they lie on the surface, and sometimes they are hidden so deeply that it is difficult to sort them out on our own. This book will talk about... the most mysterious and ambiguous direction of psychology — psychoanalysis. According to this theory, our behavior is determined by irrational and unconscious drives that accumulate in us from childhood and can lead to psychological difficulties. First formulated as a separate phenomenon by Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysis still provokes heated debates. You will learn about the history of this method, its past and present, main ideas, and applications from this book.