Psychoanalysis Wiki
Psychoanalysis Wiki is a new English-language reference site built for global readers. It presents original articles on foundational concepts, leading analysts, and major schools in a clear, research-oriented layout inspired by classic encyclopedic publishing.
The project is designed for students, clinicians, and curious readers who want a fast path into the vocabulary and history of psychoanalysis without losing depth, context, or readability.
Core Concepts
Parapraxis
Parapraxis Parapraxis is a psychoanalytic concept referring to an apparently accidental error in speech, memory, reading, writing, or action that may express an unconscious conflict or wish. Often known in
Aphanisis
Aphanisis Aphanisis is a psychoanalytic concept that names the feared disappearance, fading, or extinction of sexual desire. Introduced by Ernest Jones and later reworked in Lacanian theory, the term helps
Foreclosure
Foreclosure Foreclosure is a psychoanalytic concept most closely associated with Jacques Lacan's account of psychosis. It describes a radical exclusion of a key signifier from the symbolic order, rather than
Container-Contained
Container-contained is a psychoanalytic concept associated with Wilfred Bion's account of how unprocessed emotional experience can be received, held, and transformed within a relational field. The concept matters because it
Analysts and Authors
Margaret Mahler
Margaret Mahler Margaret Mahler was a Hungarian-American physician and psychoanalyst best known for the theory of separation-individuation. Her work described how the infant gradually differentiates from the caregiver while developing
John Bowlby
John Bowlby John Bowlby was a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst whose attachment theory transformed developmental psychology, child psychiatry, and psychoanalytic thinking about early relationships. His work connected clinical observation, separation
Michael Balint
Michael Balint Michael Balint was a Hungarian-British psychoanalyst known for his work on early development, the doctor-patient relationship, and the basic fault. He extended the Ferenczian tradition into British psychoanalysis
Ronald Fairbairn
Ronald Fairbairn Ronald Fairbairn was a Scottish psychoanalyst and one of the decisive figures in the development of object relations theory. He reformulated psychoanalytic motivation by arguing that libido is
Schools and Traditions
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
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.
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