Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
@RickHanson and I explore the ideas, context, and legacy of psychoanalysis, the often-controversial origin point for modern therapy. We discuss psychoanalysis’ early history and key concepts like the unconscious mind, repression, inner conflict, and transference. Alongside those major contributions, we wrestle with what hasn’t aged so well: the reductionism, murky ethics, and entanglements with colonial philosophy and the Victorian worldview.
Key Topics:
0:00 Introduction: Why talk about Freud in 2025?
3:40 Historical and cultural context in therapy
7:15 What is psychoanalysis?
10:35 Freud’s key insight, and the five “big ideas” of psychoanalysis
18:00 The structure of the mind
24:00 Repression, catharsis, and “experiencing out”
27:35 Transference, countertransference, and defenses
29:10 Freud’s psychosexual theory and its legacy
32:55 What psychoanalysis looks like in practice today
41:05 Historical origins: Freud, hysteria, and the “talking cure”
46:45 Freud’s philosophical influences and colonial context
52:00 The moral and political implications of psychoanalytic theory
58:10 Freud’s personal contradictions and complicated legacy
1:07:50 Recap
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Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth.
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@RickHanson and I explore the ideas, context, and legacy of psychoanalysis, the often-controversial origin point for modern therapy. We discuss psychoanalysis’ early history and key concepts like the unconscious mind, repression, inner conflict, and transference. Alongside those major contributions, we wrestle with what hasn’t aged so well: the reductionism, murky ethics, and entanglements with colonial philosophy and the Victorian worldview.
Key Topics:
0:00 Introduction: Why talk about Freud in 2025?
3:40 Historical and cultural context in therapy
7:15 What is psychoanalysis?
10:35 Freud’s key insight, and the five “big ideas” of psychoanalysis
18:00 The structure of the mind
24:00 Repression, catharsis, and “experiencing out”
27:35 Transference, countertransference, and defenses
29:10 Freud’s psychosexual theory and its legacy
32:55 What psychoanalysis looks like in practice today
41:05 Historical origins: Freud, hysteria, and the “talking cure”
46:45 Freud’s philosophical influences and colonial context
52:00 The moral and political implications of psychoanalytic theory
58:10 Freud’s personal contradictions and complicated legacy
1:07:50 Recap
Subscribe to Being Well on:
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/being-well-with-dr-rick-hanson/id1120885936
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5d87ZU1XY0fpdYNSEwXLVQ
Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth.
Subscribe to Rick on YouTube: youtube.com/@RickHanson?sub_confirmation=1
Get Rick's Free Newsletters: rickhanson.com/writings/newsletters-from-dr-rick-hanson
Follow Rick Here:
🌍 rickhanson.com
📸 instagram.com/rickhansonphd
I'm not a clinician, and what I say on this channel should not be taken as medical advice.
You can follow me here:
🎤 apple.co/38ufGG0
🌍 forresthanson.com
📸 instagram.com/f.hanson
