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timeismoney (994)
Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalytic theory that attempted to understand and explain unconscious thoughts and behaviors. Freudian psychology predominated nearly all clinical psychologcal care for about fifty years from about 1920 through 1970. It remains highly influential, but it is unproven and impractical to work with patients non-directively at a pace of two-three times a week for yeas.