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as anxieties, blunders, and guilt, numerous critics have warned of
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doubted the efficacy of its drawn-out methods, and dismissed its
core claims as pseudo-science. Looking at modern ideas of the self,
exploring the nature of unconscious aspects of relationships, and
considering how psychoanalysis has evolved, Pick ponders the
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why psychoanalysis remains an important resource for investigating
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