Anna Freud

(1985-1982)

She was the youngest daughter of Sigmund and Martha Freud. When she was born, his father had just confirmed the existence of the unconscious. As a child he learned Hebrew, English, German, French and Italian. From fourteen she witnessed the debates of the Psychoanalytic Society and nineteen graduated as an elementary school teacher. In 1922 she became a member of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Association. Her studies focused on children's psyche publishing in 1927 her work on psychoanalysis for children, focusing on the role of the environment in child development and setting out its play therapy, which faced many of the great psychoanalysts as Melanie Klein.
In 1931 she was appointed second vice president of the Psychoanalytic Society. In 1936 she wrote "The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense," where she studied repression and unconscious process.
After the death of her father, she managed and defended her legacy against the pressures and confrontations that received by the group supporting Klein. In 1941 with her friend Dorothy, she founded a school cradle and then a clinic in Hampstead where psychoanalysts and were catered to children and their families.
After World War II was approved in London two routes psychoanalytic recognized expertise. She received several awards including the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Clark (United States).