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Wilhelm Stekel
1868–1940
An early and outspoken voice in psychoanalysis, this Viennese physician helped shape the movement around Sigmund Freud before breaking away to follow his own ideas. He became especially known for writing about dreams, sexuality, and the emotional conflicts behind everyday behavior.
3 Audiobooks
Bi-sexual love; the homosexual neurosis
by Wilhelm Stekel
The Homosexual Neurosis
by Wilhelm Stekel
The Depths of the Soul: Psycho-Analytical Studies
by Wilhelm Stekel
About the author
Born on March 18, 1868, in Bukovina and educated in Vienna, Wilhelm Stekel trained as a physician and became one of Sigmund Freud’s earliest collaborators. He was part of the small circle that helped establish the first psychoanalytic society, and for a time Freud regarded him as an especially gifted follower.
Stekel wrote widely and accessibly, with a strong interest in dream interpretation, neurosis, sexuality, and the hidden meanings people attach to symptoms and habits. His work reached a broad audience because he tried to connect psychoanalytic ideas to ordinary life rather than keeping them only within medical circles.
His relationship with Freud eventually broke down, and Stekel went on to develop his own path as a psychoanalyst and author. He died in London on June 25, 1940, but he remains an important, sometimes controversial, figure in the early history of psychoanalysis.