Reclaiming Freud's Seven Articles of Faith

Abstract

Defines “faith” as the underpinning of every therapist's choice of focus when responding to a specific client, reflecting the therapist's belief that this chosen focus will contribute most to that client's future well-being. Discusses seven of Freud's recommendations for technique as based on the faith that these will maximize future benefit to clients. “Reclaims” these approaches in Freud's name, since many modern-day techniques are reinventions of Freud's original approach.