... Joseph Breuer. Not that unusual up to this point, but as Sigmund Freud's career progressed towards becoming what he is now termed as being, "the Father of Psychology" many people found him to be either very controversial and slightly mad, or the most influential and complex man you were ever likely to meet. Freud's psychodynamic approach to psychology was initially not well received, it wasn't the fact that this approach looked at the emotional and motivational forces that effect behaviour and mental states, but more so the emphasis he placed on sexuality. Part of Freud's theory required people to acknowledge their sexuality and their aggressive urges rather than denying their existence, which in the Victorian era was seen as a very taboo subject. The thought that we had urges within us, that were being denied, was an impossible concept for most people to accept. In response to this Freud tried ...

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