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'''Psychoanalysis''' is a form of [[psychotherapy]] based largely on [[Sigmund Freud]]'s work with [[psychodynamics]]. The main goal of therapist in psychoanalysis is to help the patient come to terms with issues locked in the sub-conscious mind.<ref>"The basic premise of psychoanalysis is that most psychological symptoms are the result of our unconsciously avoiding many of the unpleasant truths about ourselves. Through a detailed “psycho” analysis (i.e., analysis of our thought process and mental images) we come to learn just how we manage to deceive ourselves. The idea behind this treatment philosophy is that persons who have come to understand their own deceptions can then manage to avoid being controlled by them." [http://www.guidetopsychology.com/psypsy.htm Guide to Psychology]</ref>
'''Psychoanalysis''' is a form of [[psychotherapy]] based largely on [[Sigmund Freud]]'s work with [[psychodynamics]]. The main goal of therapist in psychoanalysis is to help the patient come to terms with issues locked in the sub-conscious mind.<ref>"The basic premise of psychoanalysis is that most psychological symptoms are the result of our unconsciously avoiding many of the unpleasant truths about ourselves. Through a detailed “psycho” analysis (i.e., analysis of our thought process and mental images) we come to learn just how we manage to deceive ourselves. The idea behind this treatment philosophy is that persons who have come to understand their own deceptions can then manage to avoid being controlled by them." [http://www.guidetopsychology.com/psypsy.htm Guide to Psychology]</ref>
Practitioners of [[psychoanalytic psychology]] believe that mental and behavioral disorders are due to repressed unconscious thoughts usually linked to key events during [[development]].
Practitioners of [[psychoanalytic psychology]] believe that mental and behavioral disorders are due to repressed unconscious thoughts usually linked to key events during [[development]].
[[Karl Popper]] indicated that [[psychoanalysis]] is merely a [[pseudoscience]] because its claims are not testable and therefore they cannot falsifiable.<ref> Popper KR, "Science: Conjectures and Refutations", reprinted in Grim P (1990) Philosophy of Science and the Occult, Albany, 104–110</ref> See also: [[Psychology and pseudoscience]]
The origins of the idea stems from Freud's work in the 1880s and his attempts to treat individuals diagnosed with [[neurotic]] or [[hysterical]] disorders. He came to believe that these disorders emerged because the patients were [[repression|repressing]] [[taboo]] [[sexual]] thoughts and desires.
The origins of the idea stems from Freud's work in the 1880s and his attempts to treat individuals diagnosed with [[neurotic]] or [[hysterical]] disorders. He came to believe that these disorders emerged because the patients were [[repression|repressing]] [[taboo]] [[sexual]] thoughts and desires.