Essentially Quote by Erik Erikson

Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.

— Anonymous

“As with good history, good psychoanalytic interpretations must also make sense, pull together as much of the known data as possible, provide a coherent…

— Stephen A. Mitchell

Psychoanalytic theory is the most stupendous intellectual confidence trick of the twentieth century and a terminal product as well-something akin to a dinosaur or…

— Peter Medawar

The problem of psychoanalysis is not the body of theory that Freud left behind, but the fact that it never became a medical science.…

— Eric Kandel

I've never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.

— Dario Argento

Psychoanalysis can provide a theory of 'progress,' but only by viewing history as a neurosis.

— Norman O. Brown

There are cases where psychoanalysis works worse than anything else. But who said that psychoanalysis was to be applied always and everywhere.

— Carl Jung

Psychoanalysis is a terribly efficient instrument, and because it is more and more a prestigious instrument, we run the risk of using it with…

— Jacques Lacan

Psychohistory, like psychoanalysis, is a science in which the researcher's feelings are as much or even more a part of his research equipment than…

— Lloyd deMause

Psychoanalysis is a science conducted by lunatics for lunatics. They are generally concerned with proving that people are irresponsible; and they certainly succeed in…

— Anonymous

Psychoanalysis justifies its importance by asserting that it forces you to look to and accept reality. But what sort of reality? A reality conditioned…

— Mircea Eliade

I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it…

— Albert Ellis