School of thought
A broad category of psychological theories emphasizing unconscious processes and early life experiences.
Founders: Sigmund Freud
Key principles
- Unconscious mental processes
- Defense mechanisms
- Transference phenomena
- Early childhood influence
- Dynamic interaction of psychic forces
Theories in this school
Individual Psychology · Attachment theory · Ego Psychology · Frommian Psychology · Karen Horney's Theory of Neurosis · Analytical Psychology · Interpersonal Psychiatry
Psychologists connected (authors and contributors)
Alfred Adler · Mary Ainsworth · Kim Bartholomew · John Bowlby · Rudolf Dreikurs · Erik Erikson · Erich Fromm · Cindy Hazan · Karen Horney · Carl Jung · Phillip Shaver · Harry Stack Sullivan