- History, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Psiquiatria
In this study of the history of dynamic psychiatry, Ellenberger provides an account of the early history of psychology covering such figures as Franz Anton Mesmer, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, and Pierre Janet.
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- Author
- Henri F. Ellenberger
- First published
- 1970
- Pages
- 932
- Publisher
- Basic Books, Allen Lane, Allen Lane, the Penguin Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780713901535
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“ALTHOUGH THE SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION of the unconscious mind and of psychic dynamism is fairly new, the origins of dynamic psychotherapy can be traced back in time through a long line of ancestors and forerunners.”
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