The Dissociation Theory of Pierre Janet – A Century of Wisdom Lost and Rediscovered
In his early work, when Sigmund Freud still favored the “seduction theory” of neuroses, which was based in suppressed and/or repressed childhood experiences of sexual trauma, Freud often credited Pierre Janet for creating ideas such as dissociation and the subconscious. Freud soon dropped his seduction theory model in favor of an unconscious drives theory (wish … Read more