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favorite of Freud's books, He skillfully argues that a medical education does not prepare one to work with the mentally ill.
While reading it I kept reminding myself that even today most psychiatrists have only taken one semester of a basic psychology course before they obtain their MD.

Stylistically he overutilizes the Socratic method to make his point, which allows the reader to bask in his egomania and obsessive thinking.
What is the question of lay analysis sitelinkSigmund Freuds main thesis is that the preeminent question is not whether an analyst possesses a medical diploma, it is rather: does the analyst have the training necessary to apply the methods of an analysis In Freuds opinion, the necessity of a degree in medicine was nonessential to the practice of psychoanalysis.
It would seem almost absurd in modernity to suggest that a medical degree is necessary to perform psychoanalysis yet, this was the case, no less thanyears ago.
And the argument continues
These opening remarks deviate from the real value of what can be found in the pages of sitelinkThe Question of Lay Analysis.
The true value is that Freud used this monograph to expound what is possibly the penultimate general exposition of psychoanalysis.
The material is rich in theory and the application of therapeutic procedures, Further, there is a strong explanation of the application of psychoanalysis to the field of psychology sui generis.
More importantly, the text gives the reader the most mature view of Freuds development of the craft.

Perhaps the personal value, for me, was evident in Freuds clear definitions of the familiar terms, Ego, Id, SuperEgo, and his explanation of repression.
Moreover, Freuds explanation of the processes applicable to these terms is easily understood, Here are some examples:

“In the Id there are no conflicts contradictions and antitheses persist side by side in it unconcernedly, and are often adjusted by the formation of compromises.
In similar circumstances the ego feels a conflict which must be decided and the decision lies in one urge being abandoned in the favour of the other.
The ego is an organization characterized by a very remarkable trend towards unification, towards synthesis, This characteristic is lacking in the id it is, as we might say, all to pieces its different urges pursue their own purposes independently and regardless of one another” p.
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“If we survey the whole

situation we arrive at a simple formula for the origin of neurosis: the ego has made an attempt to suppress certain positions of the id in an inappropriate manner, this attempt has failed, and the id has taken its revenge” p.
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“We try to restore the ego, to free it from its restrictions, and to give it back the command over the id which it has lost owing to its early repressions.
It is for this one purpose that we carry out analysis, our whole technique is directed to this aim” p.
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“This superego occupies a special position between ego and the id, It belongs to the ego and shares it high degree of psychological organization but it has a particularly intimate connexion with the id.
It is in fact a precipitate of the first objectcathexes of the id and is the heir to the Oedipus complex after its demiseThe superego is the vehicle of the phenomenon that we call conscience” p.
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In addition to these wonderful descriptive passages, I have also singled out a few important lines that I find intriguing:

“Only a man who really knows is modest, for he knows how insufficient his knowledge is” p.
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“If life becomes too hard, if the gulf between instinctual claims and the demands of reality becomes too great, the ego may more fail in its efforts to reconcile the two, and the more readily, the more it is inhibited by the disposition carried over by it from infancy.
The process of repression is then repeated, the instincts tear themselves away from the egos domination, find their substitutive satisfactions along the paths of regression, and the poor ego has become helplessly neurotic” p.
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And lastly,

“We who are analysts set before us as our main aim the most complete and profoundest possible analysis of whoever may be our patient We seek rather to enrich him from his own internal sources, by putting at the disposal of his ego those energies which, owing to repression, are inaccessibly confined in his unconscious, as well as those which his ego is obliged to squander in the fruitless task of maintaining these repressions.
Such activity as this is pastoral work in the best sense of the words” p,.

Ultimately, this is a book I will keep on the shelf and the above quotes are ones that I will try to keep in memory.

Happy Reading!
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Excelente apartado y fundamental para la formación psicoanalítica, "Psychoanalysis for Dummies" by Dr, Sigmund Freud trying to save his job,

A good first encounter with psychoanalitical theory, Freud explains the basic and controversial aspects of his theory mostly IdEgoSuperego system and sexual theory and its importance and situation in health sciences.
But three because is an oversimplified explanation,

PD. Freud deserved the Nobel Price in Literature, This book is written in second person, for my Theology and Secular Psychology Class, we are studying Freud's methodology and its influence on today's counseling movement, he is easier to read than I expected, In The Question of Lay Analysis he set forth his views on the issue.
The book makes its point energetically and in addition serves as an informal popularization of psychoanalytic ideas.
An intriguing read, and my first taste of Freud, Freud is an excellent writer, and a keen observer of human nature, As a Christian and a pastor, I have a fundamental disagreement with virtually all of Freud's presuppositions.
But many of his insights here were accurate, even though his interpretation of those insights I find greatly misleading.
Dr. Sigmund Freud discusses the idea and answers several criticisms regarding the question as to whether nondoctors should be practicing psychoanalysis.
Freud outlines the basic terminology of psychoanalysis in this piece written to defend the practice of psychoanalysis by lay analysts i.
e. , those with no medical training, Should a nondoctor be able to practice psychoanalysis That is the question Dr, Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis seeks to answer, The backdrop to this book is a controversy where a nonmedical doctor was chosen to perform psychoanalysis in an association.


“The history of civilization, mythology, the psychology of religion and the science of literature.
. . Unless he is well at home in these subjects, an analyst can make nothing of a large amount of his material.
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Freud argues that in some cases, the great mass of medical information a student would learn in med school is useless in the case of psychoanalysis.
He isnt necessarily taught the aforementioned topics that Freud sees as more important,

Freud speculates that doctors disagree with him on this subject because they seek to have an exclusive right to certain practices, a “look at me Im important” type of attitude.
He shows that there is ability and competence in the analysis method irrespective of a medical doctorate.
However, he is not arguing that just anyone can read a book and become a psychoanalyst.
However, wellread individuals who prove their worth are certainly capable of performing the method without a medical degree.


Freud did not appreciate the charges of quackery being applied to a fellow member who did not have a medical degree.
You could figure that perhaps Freud may have been a bit bias and wanted to defend a fellow member of his group, however, Freuds clear explanations of Psychoanalysis here are valuable.
He writes in almost a frustrated tone near the end on how certain individuals have used his analysis, in America specifically, that is so embarrassing Freud says that it would have been better that the analysis would be better off not existing at all.


I think Freud sufficiently answers his critics here and makes a compelling case that psychoanalysis is more than a medical degree.
prácticamente nada q no supiera pero el formato tipo entrevista me ha gustado while it is obviously absurd to evaluate freud on the same scale or with the same criteria one would use for fiction, i will mention that this outline of psychoanalysis ostensibly an argument for the legal allowance of lay practitioners, rather than solely medical doctors, to practice analysis is flawlessly reasoned and a great primer on the "psychology basics" we all learn in high school id, ego, etc.
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freud's argument is not circumscribed by medical and psychoanalytical issues only, but rather brings to bear many social sciences on his case for lay analysis, and in turn shows how analysis may bolster those very same sciences e.
g. , history, mythology, civilization, etc. . Introductions to psychoanalysis in the Standard Edition are in no short supply but this marginal work, while not as comprehensive in this respect as sitelinkIntroductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, is the best from a clinical perspective.
And though imperfectly performed, Freud's attempt to write in the dialogue form does merit recognition, My first foray into reading Freud after reading countless glosses on Freud and his work elsewhere.
His is an interesting, accessible, engaging, and at times even literary voice albeit in translation in my case.
I found "The Question of Lay Analysis" to be a surprisingly interesting and enjoyable read, Dr. Sigmund Freud pushes back against the idea that Psychoanalysis be restricted to just doctors, Psychoanalysis can be mastered by a nondoctor, and a doctor can radically misunderstand and misapply psychoanalysis.
Freud, the father of the idea, gives his reasons as to why a nondoctor could and should be able to practice psychoanalysis.
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