Basic Freud

by Michael Kahn

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In Basic Freud, noted psychologist Michael Kahn shows that even in the age of psychopharmaceuticals and cognitive therapy, Freud's major insights into the unconscious remain unsurpassed tools for understanding our behaviours, motivations, and emotions. Kahn presents key ideas such as the Oedipus complex, the repetition compulsion, guilt, anxiety, and defence mechanisms, along with recent research that has supported or expanded Freud's findings. Kahn also presents real case studies from his show more own work as a psychotherapist to show how Freudian thought has been instrumental in helping his clients discover who they are and escape from destructive patterns. Lay readers and professional psychotherapists alike will benefit from Kahn's fresh, informed, and unpretentious approach. show less

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A good very basic introduction to Freud's ideas which also touches briefly on the current status of some of his ideas.
Great overview of Freud's theories. Highly readable.
Livro com conceitos-chave para compreender a psicologia de Sigmund Freud. Em Freud básico, o notório psicólogo Michael Kahn mostra que mesmo em tempos de psicofarmacêuticos e terapia cognitiva, as principais teorias de Freud sobre o inconsciente permanece como ferramentas insuperáveis para compreender nossos comportamentos, motivações e emoções. Kahn apresenta as principais linhas de pensamento, como Complexo de Édipo, compulsão à repetição, culpa, ansiedade e mecanismos de defesa, além de pesquisas recentes que reforçaram ou expadiram as descobertas de Freud.Kahn também traz estudos de casos reais do seu trabalho como psicoterapeuta para mostrar como o pensamento freudiano serviu como instrumento para ajudar seus show more clientes a descobrir quem eles são como fugir de padrões destrutivos. Através de um texto informativo e acessível, Freud básico é um livro indispensável para tanto para leigos quantos para profissionais que querem compreender a psicologia de Freud. show less
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Michael Kahn received his Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from Harvard University and has been a clinical psychologist and a college professor for the last thirty years. A Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he presently maintains a private practice and also trains psychotherapists as the director of a counseling center at show more the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco show less

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Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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150.1952Philosophy & psychologyPsychologyEmotions, Relationships, & FamilyTheory And InstructionSystems, schools, viewpointsPsychoanalytic systemsFreudian system
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BF173 .K32Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionPsychologyPsychologyPsychoanalysis
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