Abstract
Some aspects of Anna Freud's life reveal the existence of specifically adolescent conflicts, which can be tied to some of her theoretical and clinical discoveries in the field of adolescent psychoanalysis.
Highlights
Anna Freud is most often associated with child analysis, frequently in the context of her rivalry with Melanie Klein
Let us be clear: our aim is not to retrace Anna Freud’s life in detail or review her theories, but to suggest a link between biography and theory, a link that laid the foundations for the elaboration of a metapsychology of adolescence
Our main source on Anna Freud’s life is Elisabeth Young-Bruehl’s biography (1988), which provides an acute insight into her adolescence
Summary
From Biography to Theory: the role of Anna Freud in the emergence of the “adolescent process”. Florian Houssier Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, President of the Collège International de L’Adolescence (CILA), Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology at the University of Paris-North: Transversal Research Unit Psychogenesis and Psychopathology (UTRPP), Villetaneuse, Sorbonne Paris Cité (SPC). Received: September 22, 2016; Accepted: October 18, 2016; Published: October 24, 2016
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