Abstract
Taking into account the introduction of psychoanalysis in the scientific context of the second half of the 19th century, this article aims to discuss the notion of applied psychoanalysis that was supported by Freud and his peers in the first years of the psychoanalytic movement. To do so, some essays that are considered by the movement as applied will be referred to, and so will some contributions of methodological nature, all of them published in this early period of psychoanalysis history. It should be said that, in this article, the study of primary sources in connection with the related discussion will be given priority.
Keywords:
applied psychoanalysis; psychoanalytic method; history of psychoanalysis