Freud's Student Years

A Psychobiography

Florian Houssier (Psychoanalyst (Société de Psychanalyse Freudienne), France)

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Routledge
01 August 2024

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Literature: history & criticism; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Psychotherapy

In Freud’s Student Years, Florian Houssier presents the life experiences and inner conflicts of Sigmund Freud from his eighteenth birthday to his clinical practice, showing how these experiences informed his later theories.

Following on from Freud’s Adolescence: Oedipus Complex and Parricidal Tendencies (2023) and starting at the point of the young Freud’s graduation, Houssier charts the inception of Freud’s ideas on fantasy, the Madonna-Whore complex, the Oedipal Complex, mother-daughter relationships and narcissism. Working chronologically, he looks at the way Freud’s reflection and lamentation on his inhibited adolescence led to a fantasy of possession that informed his later work. Including excerpts from Freud’s private letters to his fiancée, Martha Bernays, and exploring his relationship with Sándor Ferenczi, this volume offers a unique and intimate look into the life and inner workings of the most eminent figure of modern psychoanalysis.

Accessible in style and thorough in its assessments of Freud’s personal experiences, this book is an essential read for psychoanalysts and psychologists, as well as students and scholars interested in the history of psychoanalysis and the enduring legacy of Freudian thought.

By: Florian Houssier (Psychoanalyst (Société de Psychanalyse Freudienne) France)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032567693
ISBN 10: 1032567694
Pages: 126
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Florian Houssier is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst (Société de Psychanalyse Freudienne). He is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology at the Sorbonne, France; Director of the Laboratory Transversal Unit of Research: Psychogenesis and Psychopathology (UTRPP); and President of the Collège International de L'Adolescence (CILA).