'There are few situations in life which are more difficult to cope with than an adolescent son or daughter during the attempt to liberate themselves'. Anna Freud was one of the most creative and innovative thinkers in the history of psychoanalysis, whose pioneering work in child analysis and develop[...]

What place do Anna Freud's ideas have in the history of psychoanalysis? What can her writings teach us today about how to work therapeutically with children? Are her psychoanalytic ideas still relevant to those entrusted with the welfare of infants and young people? Reading Anna Freud provides an ac[...]

When "The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense" was first published in German in 1936 it was at once recognized as a major contribution to psychoanalytic psychology, and its translation into English quickly followed. More than half a century later it enjoys the status of a classic. Written by a pioneer[...]

FACTS: Anna Freud (1895-1982) was her father Sigmund 's sounding board and chief collaborator. Yet she harbored secrets that could have shaken the foundations of his growing legacy. Suspecting as much, Sigmund psychoanalyzed his daughter.
Was that analysis the erotic echo chamber that he warned [...]

Fru Freud och jag är en historia i romanform om en kvinna i 30-årsåldern som lever i ett stormigt förhållande med konstnären Leo. Relationen präglas av ständiga sammandrabbningar och starka återföreningar. Det kvinnliga berättarjaget kämpar för att känna sig som en hel människa och kv[...]