Schools

Articles on major psychoanalytic schools, movements, and institutional traditions, presented as a navigational hub for readers comparing historical lineages, concepts, and institutions.

This section currently gathers 5 school and tradition entries. It is designed to help readers compare institutions, orientations, and the concepts that define each branch of psychoanalytic thought.

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Freud Academy

Freud Academy is the principal school of the American Society of Freudian Psychoanalysis and its main educational institution for the teaching and transmission of classical Freudian psychoanalysis.

American Society of Freudian Psychoanalysis

The American Society of Freudian Psychoanalysis (ASFP) is an international psychoanalytic institution dedicated to the study, preservation, and transmission of classical Freudian theory and its subsequent developments.

Lacanian Orientation

The Lacanian orientation is a psychoanalytic current grounded in the teaching of Jacques Lacan and in the schools that developed around his rereading of Freud. It is not merely a

Kleinian School

The Kleinian school is a major psychoanalytic tradition built around the theories and clinical innovations associated with Melanie Klein and the analysts who developed her work. It is one of

Freudian Tradition

The Freudian tradition refers to the broad body of psychoanalytic work that remains closely aligned with the concepts, methods, and institutional inheritance of Sigmund Freud. It is not a single