SIGMUND FREUD
1856 - 1939

Sigmund Freud was psychoanalysis' famous founder.

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS PSYCHOANALYSIS?
Princeton University provides you with the definition: Psychoanalysis is "a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud."

SIGMUND'S LIFE
Born in Freiberg, Moravia, which is now your Czech Republic, his family moved to Vienna, Austria, when he was a child. Sigmund was a Jew, so he had to leave Austria when the Nazis came. He escaped to London, England, where he later died of cancer.

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Sigmund FREUD IN 1938

Sigmund Freud Timeline