Sigmund Freud : examining the essence of his contribution / Richard Stevens.

Sigmund Freud : shaper of the unconscious mind

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-192) and index.

Prelude : the individual as integrator -- Freud and psychoanalysis -- Freud : the man -- The unconscious -- Psychosexual development -- Psychodynamics -- Theory of neurosis -- The practice of analysis as therapy -- Freud's progeny : developments in psychoanalysis -- The nature of psychoanalysis -- Integration and interpretation -- Psychoanalysis as science? -- The significance of meaning -- A personal creation -- Moral implications and social impact -- The relevance of Freud today.