A great introduction to the history of psychoanalytic theory and clinical for new generations of psychologists and psychology students. This book presents the central ideas of the major contributions to psychoanalytic thought. His point of booting is Freud, not only for its historical significance but also because it is the main point of reference for generating new perspectives: understanding the relationship of each theory of psychoanalysis in relation to Freud is crucial to link every school with other. Without assuming any kind of familiarity by the reader, the authors introduce each theoretical tradition to explain its main points and some of its basic concepts where possible, through clinical examples that show how certain challenges and problems did you move into new directions. The book starts with a simple and very apt description of Freud's theory and then shows how his daughter, Anna Freud, extends certain elements according to their specialty as a child analyst. Since Anna Freud is passed to the ego-psychology of Hartmann and others who defined American orientation. The thematic dedicated to Harry Stack Sullivan, Melanie Klein, the English school under the influence of Fairbairn and Winnicott, the contributions of Erik Erikson and Heinz Konut and, finally, the chapter on theorists who qualify as revisionists, ie Kernberg, Schafer, Loewald and Lacan, give an excellent overview of the highlights of the theory and practice of psychoanalysis throughout its 100 years of existence. psychologists, psychology students, anyone interested in an introduction to psychoanalysis and its development.