What have you have heard, if anything, about Sigmund Freud, Jacque Lacan, and or psychoanalysis in general?
Hello, I welcome responses from psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, counsellors, psychology students from their undergrad to their PHD, or just psychology-curious people. My direct question is that I want to know what you have heard, if anything, about Sigmund Freud, Jacque Lacan, and or psychoanalysis in general? I am, of course, aware of the views surrounding Freud being quite negative in the North America. What is interesting is that this is not a global phenomena, many European and South American nations are significantly more open to psychoanalysis and it is not uncommon to continue to study Freud in depth. I understand that many negative views come from lack of empirical verifiability, or the belief that he has been disproven. Of course, I invite those who disagree with Freud to disagree in whatever way the choose, but I invite people to consider actually dealing with the content itself and contradicting him through the use of reason or logic. For one, I have noticed through my schooling in Canada that nobody actually reads Freud and then contradicts him, instead, we see second-hand resources and textbooks simply state that we have moved on. For context, I have an undergrad in psychology, an undergrad in political science, and am currently in my master's in political studies as the lack of theory in psychology was discouraging to my goals. I am interested in everyone's responses, but please feel free to let me know if are at higher levels of academia than I am and disagree strongly with my views. Thank you.