1. Sigmund Freud

2. Freud’s Timeline (1856 -1861) 1856 - Born May 6th, 1856
First child of father’s second marriage
Weird family situation, Freud was born an uncle
7 siblings in the family
moved to Vienna at 5 years old
Lived there until he moved to London in 1938
Family was Jewish, very religious
enters the Vienna Medical School
Starts school at the age of 17 years old
Stays and works at the medical school
He was a very high achiever, wanted to be known, famous

3. Freud Timeline (1873 - 1886) 1873-1886 – VIENNA MEDICAL SCHOOL
Works for Dr. Breuer – a biological researcher
Created method of staining cells to see under microscope
Strains come from:
Split between experimental research and clinical research
Freud falls in love with... Martha Bernays – needs money to wed.

4. Freud Timeline (1885)
1885 – recognized the amazing ability of the mind, went back to Vienna and created his own theory “psychoanalysis.”
1895 – starts to actually practice his theory, psychoanalysis – becomes his life’s work.
1899 – Writes the book, “the Interpretation of Dreams.”
Well respected following of the book, but not a big seller, doesn’t make much money for Freud.
Not a lot of people willing to read it because he was a Jew.

5. Freud Timeline (1923 – 1939) 1923 – Gets cancer of the jaw
Smokes 20 Cuban cigars a day
Has 33 operations on his jaw
Knows smoking is bad, but will not give it up.
1938 – Nazi’s burn his books in the streets of Vienna, make a deal with Freud
Freud is allowed to move to London
Most other family members die in concentration camps
Lives in London for one year
1939 – Freud dies of Cancer of the Jaw (September 23)

6. Freud’s Life Events Freud’s most famous patient – “Anna O.”
She had issues with hysteria, she lost function to do things for no reason
Freud connects Anna’s past with issues of hysteria.
Vision clears up due to reliving past issues.
Issue is dealing with death of her father.
Catharsis: pent up energy is let go and the symptom goes away.
Free Association is the therapy that is used for this process