Pretty much. It’s built on unverifiable claims, even Freud’s own case studies ended wrecks, and it!s used today to support shit “diagnoses” like “this kid is autistic because his mother loved him too much”. And there’s all the bullshit coming from the forced proximity with the analyst, like false memories. It is, in many ways, a pseudoscience.
As for what can be determined through actual science, there were huge cross-studies that could not find any benefit to psychoanalytic therapy for treatment of most psychological problems.
Pretty much. It’s built on unverifiable claims, even Freud’s own case studies ended wrecks, and it!s used today to support shit “diagnoses” like “this kid is autistic because his mother loved him too much”. And there’s all the bullshit coming from the forced proximity with the analyst, like false memories. It is, in many ways, a pseudoscience.
As for what can be determined through actual science, there were huge cross-studies that could not find any benefit to psychoanalytic therapy for treatment of most psychological problems.