Theorists

Psychoanalysis takes place through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. This method of treatment and the study of mental disorders, known as psychopathology, was a focus point of Sabina Spielrein. She was a student of Sigmund Freud, patient of Carl Jung, and many of her theories of child language were precursors to Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky (Aldridge, 2009). She had strong influences on the works of Freud, Jung, Piaget, and Vygotsky, yet it is rare to see attributed credit. This post will explore variables, paradigms, theories and frameworks of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Lev Vygotsky and Sabina Spielrein. These four remarkable figures of the early twentieth century maintained unique contributions and interpretations to the study of child development. Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Freud, was born in Austria to Galician Jewish parents in 1856. He studied to become a neurologist at the University of Vienna and was appointed to become a professor in 1902. As a pioneer of psyc...