Freud also wanted to be a scientist
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https://doi.org/10.33898/rdp.v16i62.874Keywords:
psychoanalysis, academic psychology, empirical research, clinical practiceAbstract
In this article, I consider psychoanalysis from the point of view of academic psychology and academic psychology from the point of view of psychoanalysis. I attempt to maintain a balanced, critical and empathetic position of both standpoints. Some explanation will be given for the traditional conflict between psychoanalysis and academic psychology: or in other words, the academic psychology «positivist model» vs the psychoanalyst’s insistence on an exclusively clinical context for research and therapeutic practice. I look at the restrictive nature of both extremes and make suggestions for a revision of the position of the present and future posture of psychoanalysis, while at the same time pointing out how psychology could benefit from psychoanalysis.
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