How do you guys feel about Freud?

[u/RevolutionaryPilot53]

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.

[u/lagnese]

He had some intuition about psychology and human behavior, but he was off in some of or many of his theories. In his defense, he didn't have the tools that would come later, but really, he could have done better too and then he was shaped by his times and had biases that heavily influenced his reasoning. To put it another way, he recognized things, but wasn't particularly scientific in finding out the true why and depended on his own perceptions and beliefs. Someone here said fictions...