Wednesday Psychological Society

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The Wednesday Psychological Society was an early discussion group led by Sigmund Freud in Vienna that evolved into the formal Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, serving as a foundational circle for the development of psychoanalysis.

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instanceOf early psychoanalytic discussion group
historical organization in psychology
precursor organization
alsoKnownAs Mittwoch-Gesellschaft
Psychological Wednesday Society
associatedWith Freudian psychoanalysis
city Vienna
country Austria
dissolvedInto Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
evolvedInto Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
field psychoanalysis
psychology
foundedBy Sigmund Freud
hasMember Alfred Adler
Eduard Hitschmann
Karl Abraham
Max Kahane
linked to: Kahane

Otto Rank
Paul Federn
Rudolf Reitler
Sigmund Freud
Sándor Ferenczi
Wilhelm Stekel
historicalRole foundational circle for the development of psychoanalysis
influenced International Psychoanalytical Association
Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
languageOfCommunication German
ledBy Sigmund Freud
locationOfMeetings Sigmund Freud's apartment in Vienna
meetingDay Wednesday
notableLeader Sigmund Freud
purpose clinical case presentations
development of psychoanalytic technique
discussion of psychoanalytic theory
region Central Europe
timePeriod early 20th century
topicOf history of psychoanalysis
typeOfOrganization professional discussion group

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Vienna Psychoanalytic Society precededBy Wednesday Psychological Society
Vienna Psychoanalytic Society foundedAs Wednesday Psychological Society
Wednesday Psychological Society alsoKnownAs Psychological Wednesday Society
linked to: Wednesday Psychological Society