d by sufficient
empirical evidence that can be objectively and tangibly measured (Boeree
1997). He appeared to be more interested in developing his theory than
attaining the goal of psychoanalysis. His critics also reject his over-
emphasis on the exclusively sexual nature of mental disorders.
Freud viewed his theory as limited to the scientific worldview, which
compels the psychoanalyst to be objective about the patient and emotionally
detached from him or her (Pietersen 2004). His theory was "reductionistic"
in that a person is torn into opposing parts, e.g., the id, the ego and the
superego and that therapy requires that these inherently antagonistic
forces within be intra-psychically harmonized (Mosak and Maniacci,1999, p
56). Unless and until this harmony is achieved through therapy, Freud
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