What is psychoanalysis?

When Sigmund Freud first developed his psychoanalytical theory as treatment for those people who had mental dysfunctions, he was one of the first analysts to attempt to tackle patients’ head on by developing a series of therapeutic sessions directly with the patients. These sessions are largely based on talking to patients and discovering their repressed feelings that he believes are the causes of the mental disorder. His theory is solely based on the fact that he believes human behavior develops through a series of stages in childhood that largely rely upon the satisfaction of needs in the individual which are mostly sexual. He thinks that if the unconscious mind is unable to control the interpretation of the needs and how to understand them in relation to the real world, then behavioral problems will arise. Once these problems are uncovered with the help of a therapist, then behavior can change.
Sigmund Freud is known for his unique ways of curing people with cases of hysteria by ...