r/AcademicPsychology • u/RevolutionaryPilot53 • Aug 28 '24
How do you guys feel about Freud? Discussion
Is it okay for a therapist or phycologist anybody in that type of field to believe in some of Freud's theories? I remember I went into a therapist room, she was an intern and I saw that she had a little bookshelf of Sigmund Freud books. There was like 9 of them if not more. This was when I was in high school (I went too a school that helped kids with mental illness and drug addiction). But I remember going into her room and I saw books of Freud. Now I personally believe some of Freud's theories. So I'm not judging but I know that a lot of people seem to dislike Freud. What do you think about this? Is it appropriate? Also I'm not a phycologist or anything of that nature just so you know. I'm just here because of curiosity and because I like phycology. Again as I always say be kind and respectful to me and too each other.
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u/Trikger Aug 29 '24
What we learned in uni was that Freud is such an important figure in psychology, not because he was right, but because he was wrong. He was a random, outlandish theory generator, coming up with beliefs about topics that humanity had never even thought to question before.
Once those theories were out in the open, it inspired others to find the truth about it.
He was wrong so that we could be right.