Henri F. Ellenberger (1905-1993) was a French-Canadian psychiatrist and historian of medicine. He is primarily remembered for The Discovery of the Unconscious, his pioneering history of psychiatry, and his collection of essays Beyond the Unconscious. Ellenberger was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Gold Medal of the Beccaria Prize and the Jason A. Hannah Medal of the Royal Society of Canada.

• * The Ancestry of Dynamic Psychotherapy * The Emergence of Dynamic Psychiatry * The First Dynamic Psychiatry (17751900) * The Background of Dynamic Psychiatry * On the Threshold of a New Dynamic Psychiatry * Pierre Janet and Psychological Analysis * Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis * Alfred Adler and Individual Psychology * Carl Gustav Jung and Analytical Psychology * The Dawn and Rise of the New Dynamic Psychiatry * Conclusion

1. 5/5

   Ett brilliant historiskt verk. Mycket informativt och väl skrivet. Gör upp med myter och vandringssägner kring psykoanalysens historia.

   Martin S

   15 juli 2026