Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalyst/ Neurologist
Sigmund Freud May 6, 1856-September 23, 1939
Born in Pribor (Germany) Czech Republic
- First born of eight children
- Best known for Psychoanalysis
- Tendency to trace all psychological problems back to sexual issues
- Used hypnosis in his clinical work
- Had followers group grew to 16 members
- Spent most of his life in Vienna 1891-1938
Nationality
Austrian/Jewish
Fields of study
- Neurology
- Psychotherapy
- Psychoanalysis
Schooling
University of Vienna (MD,1881)
Interesting Facts
- Heavy smoker ,and had more than 30 surgeries to treat mouth cancer
- Used cocaine
- Became a doctor in order to marry the woman he loved