Sigmund Freud's Theory Of Psychoanalysis

A cluttered room, filled with books, paintings, and small sculptures in Vienna served as a contemporary office for nearly half a century. At its centre was a horsehair sofa, upon which Freud's patients reclined while they talked to the doctor, who sat in a chair, out of view. He maintained a neutrality, never passing judgment or offering suggestions.
The main goal of the therapy being to bring the patient's repressed thoughts and memories to a conscious level, where they could be acknowledged and addressed. However, as the odd doctor and his unusual method’s reputation grew by word of mouth so did the speculation surrounding his work.
Sigmund Freud’s work and development of psychoanalysis has long been questioned. At the time in which Freud
Psychoanalysis, described as ‘talking therapy’, encouraged patients to talk about their experiences from childhood, with the intention of tapping into their unconscious fears, thoughts and feelings that were exhibited in particular behaviours. His theory stated that human attitude, mannerism, experience, and thought is largely influenced by irrational drives that are rooted in the unconscious. It also explored conflicts between the conscious and the unconscious and how repressed material can materialise in the form of mental or emotional disturbances. His research to support these theories was far from traditional. However, change was not going to occur easily in this scenario of conflicting opinions, especially when Freud’s ideas were eccentric and
Freud’s work did not stem from this type of extensive research which resulted in widespread criticism. Early critics of psychoanalysis believed that its theories were based too little on quantitative and experimental research, and too much on the clinical case study method and meaningless qualitative data. E. Fuller Torrey, stated that psychoanalytic theories have no more scientific basis than the theories of traditional native healers, "witchdoctors" or modern "cult" alternatives. Frank Cioffi, author of Freud and the Question of Pseudoscience, cites that ‘the strongest reason for considering Freud a pseudo-scientist is that he claimed to have tested... theories which are either untestable or even if testable had not been tested’. This early 20th century society was finding it difficult to adjust to a science which had seldom