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Anna Freud Psychologist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: Austria
  • Born: Dec 3, 1895
  • Died: Oct 9, 1982

Anna Freud was the 6th and last child of Sigmund Freud and Martha Bernays. She followed the path of her father and contributed to the field of psychoanalysis.

Alongside Melanie Klein, she may be considered the founder of psychoanalytic child psychology: as her father put it, child analysis 'had received a powerful impetus through "the work of Frau Melanie Klein and of my daughter, Anna Freud"'. Compared to her father, her work emphasized the importance of the ego and its ability to be trained socially.

We live trapped, between the churned-up and examined past and a future that waits for our work. the future

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time. strength

My different personalities leave me in peace now. peace

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