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
Transference
Transference is one of the defining concepts of psychoanalysis. It refers to the way earlier emotional patterns, expectations, and forms of attachment become active in present relationships, especially within the
Defense Mechanisms
Defense mechanisms are patterns through which the mind protects itself from anxiety, conflict, shame, guilt, and psychic disorganization. In psychoanalysis the concept does not imply falseness in a moral sense.
Object Relations Theory
Object relations theory is a psychoanalytic perspective that studies how the mind is formed through relationships with significant others. The word “object” does not mean an inanimate thing. It refers
The Unconscious
The unconscious is a central concept in psychoanalysis. It designates forms of thought, memory, fantasy, and affect that continue to organize psychic life even when they are not available to
Analysts and Authors
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis and one of the most influential thinkers in the modern history of the mind. His work reorganized discussions of memory, sexuality, dreams, symptoms,
Melanie Klein
Melanie Klein was one of the most important psychoanalysts of the twentieth century and a decisive figure in the development of object relations theory. Her work transformed the understanding of
Jacques Lacan
Jacques Lacan was a French psychoanalyst whose rereading of Freud reshaped psychoanalysis in the twentieth century. His work connected psychoanalysis to linguistics, philosophy, structuralism, and questions of subjectivity, desire, and
Schools and Traditions
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
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
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