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The Question of Lay Analysis. Conversations with an Impartial Person. Introduction. THE title of this small work is not immediately intelligible. I will therefore explain it. ‘Layman’ = ‘Non-doctor’; and the question is whether non-doctors as well as doctors are to be allowed to practise analysis.
The Question of Lay Analysis (German: Die Frage der Laienanalyse) is a 1926 book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, advocating the right of non-doctors, or 'lay' people, to be psychoanalysts. It was written in response to Theodore Reik's being prosecuted for being a non-medical, or lay, analyst in Austria.
- Sigmund Freud
- 1926
The Question of Lay Analysis is Freud's most unique work. The reason being that it is only a one-section work. Freud wrote the work in response to one of his colleague's prosecution. In addition, the work encompasses all the different aspects of Freud, philosopher, humanist a scientist and a physician.
A very full account of Freud's views on the subject will be found in Chapter IX (‘Lay Analysis’) of the third volume of Ernest Jones's Freud biography (1957, 309 ff.). From early times he held strongly to the opinion that psycho-analysis was not to be regarded as purely a concern of the medical profession.
May 17, 1990 · Read sample. The Question of Lay Analysis: (The Standard Edition) The Standard Edition. by Sigmund Freud (Author), James Strachey (Editor), Peter Gay (Introduction) 4.4 24 ratings. See all formats and editions.
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Exploded Manuscript: The Question of Lay Analysis - Sigmund Freud: Conflict & Culture | Exhibitions - Library of Congress. The Library of Congress > Exhibitions > Sigmund Freud: Conflict & Culture > The Question of Lay Analysis.
Freud opens the imaginary conversation of The Question of Lay Analysis by describing disorders for which the ordinary physician can offer no real help, then proceeds to outline the methods of free association, dream analysis and so on, which seek to shed light on unconscious processes.
