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Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another.

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Sigmund Freud reminds us that the purpose of analysis is not to eliminate pathological reactions, but rather to empower the patient's ego with the freedom to make choices.
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Psychologist, Austrian
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian psychologist and the founder of psychoanalysis.
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